There is probably an innate masochism in a lot of women that ends up disappointed if men don't ill-treat them.
Fay WeldonWriters were never meant to be professionals. Writing is not a profession, it is an activity, an essentially amateur occupation. It is what you do when you are not living.
Fay WeldonI know that I'm a real writer because sometimes I write a story just because I want to; not because someone's told me to.
Fay Weldon