It's only when a translation gets published and I read it again that I realize how much food and sex there is in my work. It's got to have something to do with how I've always loved eating. "
坦承「對食物的強大感受力已經滲進骨子裡」的李昂表示：「落筆時我並沒有刻意，直到出版外譯本時仔細重讀，才發現裡面真的寫了好多食物和性，這絕對跟我從小『愛吃』有關。」