Cheng admits that there are many facets to his personality and that they sometimes come into conflict, but he knows what it means to be an individual. Throughout the process of creating, he seeks to balance and adjust them.
鄭清文坦言，自己擁有多種不同的素質，內心也會有衝突，但他瞭解「個人」的含義，在創作過程中，始終追求如何融合與調和。