Family' is not just a biological word, it's an an operative one.
Camouflage doesn't help when the other guy is willing to defoliate the whole jungle.
Building a mechanical device for its appearance is like putting lace on a bowling ball.
I believe my publisher has shown a great deal of faith in me over a lot of years but I'm not prepared to be so arrogant to say that the long-term literary value of my work would compensate them for a financial failure.
Information is the hardest currency.
A free press doesn't mean it's not a tame press.