I had written childrens books for 14 years before I published Wicked. And none of them were poorly reviewed, and none of them sold enough for me to be able to buy a bed.
The eye is always caught by light, but shadows have more to say.
It's the endlessly thinking about yourself that causes such heart shame.
What goes unnamed remains hard to correct.
The more civilized we become, the more horrendous our entertainments.
I don't like work like that. I am the silent partner. I work through events, I live on the sidelines, I dabble in causes and effects, I watch how the misbegotten creatures of this world live their lives.