To be a writer is to acknowledge the secret wounds that we carry inside us, the ones that never heal and that define who we are.
成为作家就是要承认我们内心携带的秘密伤口，那些永远不会愈合的伤口，它们定义了我们是谁。
我不孤独。我只是独自一人。这两者有区别。
You can't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back.
