Lin, who sees himself as an extremely "manly man," agreed that it took bravery for a "male chauvinist" to write about "home and family," but argued: "I don't think of a patriarch as some kind of scowling figure with a stern voice.
對於這一點，林良坦承，大男人寫「家」的確需要勇氣，但自認「非常男子漢」的他表示：