He never expected to get so addicted to carving. "When you take a chisel to a piece of wood, you've got to have an image in mind." He doesn't drink any more, he says, "because a drunken hand will shake. If I got drunk and broke my own arm or leg, that wouldn't be a big deal.
「一塊木頭既然開鑿了，就非要看到一個形體出現不可，」楊清德說，雖然大夥兒還是「保力達」不離口，但不會像以前那樣喝醉了，「因為喝醉手會抖，自己醉得摔斷手腳沒關係，但把雕像的手腳雕斷，那就心痛了！」