The writer must wade into life as into the sea, but only up to the navel.

  • -- Gustave Flaubert 福楼拜

作家必须涉入生活,如同涉入大海,但只能涉入肚脐。

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I've been to a lot of places and done a lot of things, but writing was always first. It's a kind of pain I can't do without.

我去过很多地方,做过很多事情,但写作永远是第一位的。这是一种我不能没有的痛苦。

If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.

如果有一本书你想读,但还没有写出来,那么你必须写出来。