In a piece called "Hope" in the collection No Regrets, he describes the emotional turmoil of the period: "I'm disappointed in literature, I've lost faith in myself, and I'm disgusted with the state of the world.
他在《無悔・期望》一文中記述這段心情轉折：「對文事非常失望，對自己非常灰心，對紛擾的世事非常厭倦。