Ignoring isn’t the same as ignorance, you have to work at it.
伟大的公司在他们的工作方式、对待员工的方式以及他们对世界的看法上,都有一个灵魂。
A writer's life is a highly vulnerable, almost naked activity. We don't have to weep about that. The writer makes his choice and is stuck with it. But it is true to say that you are open to all the winds, some of them icy indeed. You are out on your own, out on a limb. You find no shelter, no protection — unless you lie — in which case of course you have constructed your own protection and, it could be argued, become a politician.