Wealth is power, and power is the only thing about which contemporary culture cares.
Every writer has his own voice. Other than that I'm always trying to do change-ups and publishers haven't always been happy about that.
A long walk and grooming with a well-mannered dog is a Zen experience that leaves you refreshed and in a creative frame of mind.
... and she had worn bitterness as though it were a crown.
Your sense of responsibility to others can never be excessive.
You can't always win arguments as a writer, but you have to just go ahead and say, well, I'm doing it that way anyway.