Writers may be disreputable, incorrigible, early to decay or late to bloom but they dare to go it alone.

Writers may be disreputable, incorrigible, early to decay or late to bloom but they dare to go it alone.

作家也许声名狼藉，无可救药，或早衰或晚兴，但他们敢于单干。

-- John Updike 约翰·厄普代克