The daily act of writing remains as demanding and maddening as it was before, and the pleasure you get from writing - rare but profound - remains at the true heart of the enterprise. On their best days, writers all over the world are winning Pulitzers, all alone in their studios, with no one watching.

写作的日常行为仍然像以前一样要求苛刻、令人抓狂，而你从写作中获得的乐趣——罕见而深刻——仍然是写作事业的核心。在他们最辉煌的日子里，世界各地的作家都赢得了普利策奖，他们都独自呆在工作室里，没有人观看。