An artist is his own fault.
They say great themes make great novels
Never play cards with a man named Doc, and never eat at a place called Mom's.
Much as I like owning a Rolls-Royce, I could do without it. What I could not do without is a typewriter, a supply of yellow second sheets and the time to put them to good use.
I can get very depressed by a review that is unfair, unreasonable, and totally destructive.
Book reviewers are little old ladies of both sexes.