This temptation to cover the distance between himself and the reader to study his image in the sight of those who do not know him can be his undoing: he has begun to write to please.

• 企图消除自己和读者之间距离或企图用不了解自己的人的角度来研究自己塑造的形象，很可能会是作家自己毁灭，因为他已经开始为取悦别人而写作了。