Every writer hopes or boldly assumes that his life is in some sense exemplary, that the particular will turn out to be universal.

Every writer hopes or boldly assumes that his life is in some sense exemplary, that the particular will turn out to be universal.

每个作家都希望或大胆地假设，他的生活在某种意义上是模范的，他的特殊将被证明是普遍的。

-- Martin Amis 马丁·艾米斯