靈感從哪裡來？
好多作家，越寫越多，作品源源而出，而且越寫越精彩，他們的靈感為什麼會有那麼多？是從哪裡來的？他們事先儲備了多久？難道不會枯竭？
一個立志寫作的人，如果寫到最後，靈感枯竭了，他該怎麼辦？
在寫作初期，我常常有這些問題縈繞在心中，常常懷疑自己的寫作能力，沒有自信能長期持久地寫出作品來，總認為題材會有寫完的一天，靈感會有枯竭的一天，到那時，不知該怎麼辦？
可是，我不停地寫了一、二十年，不但不會沒有靈感，找不到題材，而且越寫靈感越多，題材越不虞匱乏。到現在，我才感悟到，靈感只有越用多，不會越用越少，或用光。多思考，多觀察，多體驗，靈感自然生成。
為什麼常用的井，水是甜美的，不用的則汙濁有臭味？為什麼刀子不用會生銹，越用卻越利？為什麼屋樑容易生蛀蟲而戶樞不生？……這些以前想不通的事，現在我豁然貫通了。
不錯，只有不流的水才變臭，不用的機器才生銹，不想的腦筋才會笨……。
不錯，戶樞不蛀，流水不腐，刀子越用越利，靈感越用越多，筆越寫越流利……。
1980年4月28日青年戰士報新文藝
Where is the Inspiration come from Hsu ChiCheng
Where is the inspiration come from?
There are many author, they write more and more, the works manufacture incessantly, the more splendid the more they depict, how many are their inspiration like that? Where are they come from? How long are they stored in advance? Surely it doesn’t exhaust.
For a person make up his mind in writing, how can he do while his inspiration is exhausted at last?
During the early period, I often linger in my mind with these questions, often suspect my writing ability, no self confidence can write for long time, often feel that the theme will be finished one day, inspiration will be exhausted one day, I don’t know how to do at that time.
However, I write incessantly for ten to twenty years, it not only not search no theme, but also more and more of inspiration, theme is not exhaust. Till now, I come to realize inspiration is more and more we apply, not less and less or come to an end while we apply. Inspiration will generate naturally while we strive to think, strive to observe, hardworking to learn through practice.
Why the well applies more often, the water taste sweet, the water is muddy and foul while we not apply it? Why the knife will rust while we not apply, and more apply it will keen? Why the beam easy to has moth and pivot not?…I’m now suddenly see the whole thing in a clear light while it can not realized before.
It’s no fault. It just the water not flow will muddy, the machinery will rust while not apply, and the head will become foolish while not think about…
It’s no fault. The pivot will not be moth—eaten, the flowing water will not muddy, the more apply the more the knife will keen, the more we apply the more the
inspiration is, the more smooth more the pen use in writing…@
責任編輯：林芳宇
