Your first duty as a writer is to write to please yourself. And you have no duty towards anyone else.

Your first duty as a writer is to write to please yourself. And you have no duty towards anyone else.

作为一名作家，你的首要职责是为取悦自己而写作。你对任何人都没有义务。

-- Iris Shun Ru Chang 虹膜顺如常