大概17岁到24岁期间，我试图摈弃这个念头，但这样做的同时我清楚，我知道自己迟早都要安定下来写作。
BETWEEN THE AGES OF ABOUT SEVENTEEN AND TWENTY-FOUR, I TRIED TO ABANDON THIS IDEA, BUT I DID SO WITH THE CONSCIOUSNESS THAT I WAS OUTRAGING MY TRUE NATURE AND THAT SOONER OR LATER I SHOULD HAVE TO SETTLE DOWN AND WRITE BOOKS.
