If he can give his readers no reason why they should read his book, except that the events happened to him, it is not a valid book.
Ayn RandWhen personal judgment is inoperative (or forbidden), men's first concern is not how to choose, but how to justify their choice
Ayn RandEveryone has the right to make his own decisions, but none has the right to force his decision on others.
Ayn RandSocialism is the doctrine that man has no right to exist for his own sake, that his life and his work do not belong to him, but belong to society, that the only justification of his existence is his service to society, and that society may dispose of him in any way it pleases for the sake of whatever it deems to be its own tribal, collective good.
Ayn Rand