Everything is there: the love of Art.
Pleasure is found first in anticipation, later in memory.
Maybe happiness too is a metaphor invented on a day of boredom
You must write for yourself, above all. That is your only hope of creating something beautiful.
You'll always have to deal with bastards, being lied to, deceived, slandered and ridiculed, but that's to be expected and you must thank heaven when you meet the exception.
Writing is a dog's life, but the only life worth living.