It has become blatantly obvious that Tarkovsky's writing style centers around a selfish idea. In this idea, it seems that what he wants the people to understand in a message is shrouded by rubbing it in their face. At least, this is the way that I am interpretting the remainder of the chapter. Sort of an "I've got a secret...guess what it is...I'm not gonna tell you" mentality about Mirrors, at least as a lead-in to the chapter, which centers around his focus on the crew that work with him on creating "masterpieces" (His recurring camera director, Vadim Yusov, in particular, and the various set designers).
After that, he spends time talking about how difficult it is to help others understand an idea that originates from a personally difficult memory. Sympathizing aside, if you have the guts to write a script about your own life- no matter how difficult it may be- tw0 things must come in to play: (1) The director/writer must comprehend that they are sharing this memory with an entire audience, (2) the writer/director must believe that the message they are leaving behind inside of the story is worth the personal agony.
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