You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer
Isaac Singer was born in Poland and doesn't write in English. Still, he's an American.
No writer need feel sorry for himself if he writes and enjoys it, even if he doesn't get paid.
Kennedy was a man who liked writers and even I got invited to the White House
An absolutely necessary part of a writer's equipment, almost as necessary as talent, is the ability to stand up under punishment, both the punishment the world hands out and the punishment he inflicts upon himself.
All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.