He confessed: "As a young man, I was a wild wanderer with a host of girl friends. I always stayed up late, and might be found unconscious in the streets at night after a drinking bout. At 30, I got married, organized my family life and got a regular job.
三十歲之前的楚戈孑然一身，自喻是「瘋瘋顛顛，女朋友一大堆，經常徹夜不眠，醉臥街頭」的浪子；三十歲以後的楚戈結了婚，有了家的歸屬感和一份安定的工作，在妻子的鼓勵和責任感的驅使下，他宛如脫胎換骨般地收歛沉穩下來。