No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks.

  • -- Erica Jong 艾瑞卡·琼

人若不作愚妄人,就永远找不到智慧。唉,作家在公众面前必须是傻瓜,而其他人可以掩盖自己的踪迹。

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My position is that since the non-secular status of my garden is not recognised by the law; by the world of the public, then the garden can only be private. So, I closed the garden to the public.

我的立场是,由于我的花园的非世俗地位不受法律承认;被世人所知,那么花园也只能是私人的。所以,我把花园对公众关闭了。

What the public expects and what is healthy for an individual are two very different things

公众的期望和个人的健康是两码事

Anybody can make history. Only a great man can write it.

任何人都能创造历史。只有伟大的人才能写出来。

Writers should be read - but neither seen nor heard.

作家应该被阅读,但既不能被看到也不能被听到。