Says Liao, "A professional writer could never go that long without writing anything, but Teng Hsiang-yang doesn't make his living as a writer, and that enabled him to let the book gradually take shape over a long period of time."
「專業作家不可能沈澱那麼久，但是鄧相揚不是依此維生，可以有很長的時間去耕耘」，廖嘉展說，十年前他搬來埔里，就是想寫濁水溪，但至今一個字也沒寫出來。