The trick is not becoming a writer. The trick is staying a writer.
Because the chief commodity a writer has to sell is his courage. And if he has none, he is more than a coward. He is a sellout and a fink and a heretic, because writing is a holy chore.
When belief in a god dies, the god dies.
The world is turning into a cesspool of imbeciles.
Everyone is entitled to an *informed* opinion.
That's probably one of my biggest gripes with the Internet - that it settles for mediocrity and disinformation, which puts all information on the same level. Everything has the same value, whether it's Albert Einstein speaking, or yoohoo27@msn.com.