"In my fiction, I always stress that 'movement' is the distinguishing characteristic of life," Lee explains. "And movement denotes suffering. So pain and suffering represent life; suffering is what it means to be human.
李喬強調：「我在小說裡一再強調的生命特徵是『動』，動就是痛苦的表徵；所以痛是生命的符號，人就是痛苦。