Often I think writing is a sheer paring away of oneself leaving always something thinner, barer, more meagre.

Often I think writing is a sheer paring away of oneself leaving always something thinner, barer, more meagre.

我常常认为写作是对自己的一种纯粹的削去，总是留下一些更薄、更裸露、更贫乏的东西。

-- F. Scott Fitzgerald F.斯科特·菲茨杰拉德