(一) 时常有人向我提出这样的问题,我也时常这样自问:是什么样的因素和原因使我选择了文学这门“行业”(如果可以这样说的话),而没有走上另一种工作岗位呢? 老实说,对于这个看来似乎并不复杂的问题,我确实是很难作出简明的回答来,比如,象鲁迅先生在《呐喊》序文中所曾经如此深刻地揭示过的促使他走上文学创作之路的原因那样。假如有人从相反的角度提出问题来,我倒是可以不加思考地回答出来。比如:我为什么没有成为一个工程师、数学家或者地 (I) Often, people ask me such a question, and I often ask myself this question: What kind of factors and reasons have led me to choose the “industry” of literature (if I could say it) without going to another Honestly, I really find it hard to give a concise answer to this seemingly uncomplicated question. For example, as Mr. Lu Xun revealed so profoundly in the preface to “Shout,” prompting him The reason for walking on the road to literary creation. If someone asked the question from the opposite angle, I’d be able to answer without thinking. For example: Why did not I become an engineer, mathematician or ground?