The writer must be universal in sympathy and an outcast by nature: only then can he see clearly.

The writer must be universal in sympathy and an outcast by nature: only then can he see clearly.

作家必须具有普遍的同情心，是一个天生的弃儿，只有这样他才能看得清楚。

-- Julian Barnes 朱利安·巴恩斯