We have two lives, the life we learn with and the life we live with after that. Suffering is what brings us toward happiness.
First drafts are for learning what your story is about.
The idea is to get the pencil moving quickly.
If your train's on the wrong track every station you come to is the wrong station.
We can't all be friends and relatives as the world is; most of us have to be strangers.
If the stories come, you get them written, you're on the right track. Eventually everyone learns his or her own best way. The real mystery to crack is you.