“ Two types of people do literature, ” says Sima. “ One type is a genius, for whom it is not a profession. Françoise Sagan, for example, wrote in Bonjour Tristesse (“ Hello Sadness ”) about the most memorable part of her life, but apart from that there was nothing.
「搞文學的，有兩種，」司馬中原細細說明：「一種是天才型的，非職業作家，像沙岡，一輩子就那本《日安憂鬱》，把一生最精采的那段經歷寫出來，再來就沒了。