No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.
I wanted to try this new drink: That's all we do, isn't it - look at things and try new drinks?
There is no rule on how to write.
Why do old men wake so early? Is it to have one longer day?
A writer is like a gypsy. He owes no allegiance to any government. If he is a good writer he will never like any government he lives under. His hand should be against it and its hand will always be against him.
They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.