Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain.
作家的职责是扰乱平静,质疑不可质疑的,并揭示隐藏的。
译文:用心算计别人时,自己就会出错,退一步考虑事情,任何事就会变得宽广。赏析:处处算计别人,时刻都想占便宜,总有一天自己会被别人算计。心胸开阔,放低姿态,忍一时风平浪静,退一步海阔天空。
A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.