His life changed dramatically in 1989, and he spent the better part of his 20s in prison. The pitiless sequence of life means that it is impossible to recover lost time or make up for things missed, so that events of the past become like ghosts that continually haunt one, and it takes a great deal of writing to face up to and finally exorcise them.
一九八九年生命遭逢巨大轉折，二十多歲的人生階段，大多數時間在監牢裡度過，在生命無情的時序裡，暮去朝來顏色故，許多事物無法再得，過去的事件於是成為縈繞不去的鬼魅，必須以長長的書寫直視、驅趕。