It can become an exercise in trying to get the reader to like and admire you instead of an exercise in creative art.

It can become an exercise in trying to get the reader to like and admire you instead of an exercise in creative art.

它可以成为一种尝试让读者喜欢和欣赏你的练习，而不是一种创造性的艺术练习。

-- David Foster Wallace 大卫·福斯特·华莱士