Bats have no bankers and they do not drink and cannot be arrested and pay no tax and, in general, bats have it made.
John BerrymanSo if I were talking to a young writer, I would recommend the cultivation of extreme indifference to both praise and blame because praise will lead you to vanity, and blame will lead you to self-pity, and both are bad for writers.
John BerrymanThe artist is extremely lucky who is presented with the worst possible ordeal which will not actually kill him. At that point, he's in business.
John Berryman