"Literature has high standards and mediocrity has no place in it," declares Wu Ming-i with determination in his eyes. He explains that saying all he wants to say is important to him, which is why he does not hold back for the sake of his future writing career or his next book.
「文學是高標準的，所有低標準的東西都應該消失，」吳明益眼底有一種堅持，他說，他注重的是「自己想講的有沒有講完」，不會為了操作自己寫作事業的延續性與市場性而「保留氣力到下一本書」。