I wrote all through childhood, all through adolescence, by the time I was a teenager I was sending my very bad stories to The New Yorker, hoping to be discovered.
저는 초년기, 청소년기  전부를 거치며 글을 썼고, 제가 십대가 되었을때 쯤에는, 제 질낮은 이야기들을 "뉴요커"에 발견되길 바라면서 보내곤 했지요.