You've had a hard life. That hard life, you think, is really what made you into the writer you are.

你的生活很艰难，你觉得正是那种艰难让你成为了作家。

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But the hard thing in life, is getting you to come out of your own selves a bit, realizing it's "Not all about you."

但是现实中,要走出你自己的小圈子,去发现这个世界还有其他人

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