She never allows herself an idle moment, but is constantly nurturing her literary soul. Chang maintains that her affinity for language has been powerful her whole life. Once she came to understand the origin of Chinese characters and their subsequent evolution, the relationship between the Chinese people and their language became even more fascinating.
張曉風說自己一生與文字的緣分特別深，尤其理解了文字的來歷及脈絡後，字與人之間的關係就更耐人尋味了。