我不必向任何人证明什么。没有什么可证明的。
I don't have to prove anything to anyone. There's nothing to prove.
做善事容易，做了善事而逃避好名声就难了；不触犯他人容易，触犯了他人心里不计较就难了。为人处世，遇到有人对我蛮横无理，就要像走在灌木草丛中一样，荆棘挂住了衣服，只能缓慢前行小心地拨开荆棘就是了，荆棘也不是存心阻人啊！这样一来便能做到心中不劳累，而化解仇怨。
I'm a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can't and then tries the short story which is the most demanding form after poetry. And failing at that, only then does he turn to the novel.