At the same time, though, Wang also sees a difference between herself and Chang: "Chang Ai-ling is smarter than me. She has self-control. She sees the emptiness of life, and she accepts it. She doesn't allow life to get her entangled in its tentacles.
然而王安憶認為她們作品的不同處在於，「張愛玲比我聰明，她有節制，知道生活是虛無的，就認了，就此打住。