The most remarkable development of the last quarter of the twentieth century has been the revelation of enormous weaknesses at the core of the world's seemingly strong dictatorships.

汪涉：水多的样子，引申为才情充沛。看见巨大的树木，就知道它的根又深又大；读过才情充沛的美文，便会知道作者有渊博的见识。

作家是一个生活在边缘的存在，用批判的眼光观察世界。