Praise will lead you to vanity, and blame will lead you to self-pity, and both are bad for writers.
I am so wise I had my mouth sewn shut.
We are using our own skins for wallpaper and we cannot win.
The 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.
We have reason to be afraid. This is a terrible place.
Wishin' was dyin' but I gotta make it all this way to that bed on these feet.