Who or what are you? Besides insufferably rude?

Unhand my tail!" squealed the Will.

Knowledge, like all things, is best in moderation," intoned the Will. "Knowing everything means you don't need to think, and that is very dangerous.

Being published is not a necessary validation or a path everyone wants to take with their work. Writing—and finishing—a novel is a great thing in itself, whether or not the book is published, or becomes widely-read or not.

Hear, hear," said the Dog, raising her head. "It's always better to be doing, Prince. Besides, you don't smell like a coward, so you can't be one.

But we survived, didn’t we? That makes it an adventure. If you get killed it’s a tragedy.

Just like the Perimeter! It never rains but it pours," declared the Major.