Marriage is survived just on the basis of ordinary etiquette, day in and day out. Also cooking together helps a lot.
The reason to moderate is to avoid having to quit.
We are all naturally xenophobic.
Because most writers have totally unrealistic concepts of how publishing works.
When we were children we were errant enough to wish to be birds for the day but there's nothing easier to lose than playfulness.
You touch things lightly or deeply; you move along because life herself moves, and you can’t stop it.