The 'creator' and the 'editor' - two halves of the writer whole - should sleep in separate rooms.
Ours was not a political household, when I was growing up.
The small seed of despair cracks open and sends experimental tendrils upward to the fragile skin of calm holding him together.
I think living the blessed life is the luck of the draw.
Depending on the reality one must face, one may prefer to opt for illusion.
Sometimes you are being interviewed by someone and you think, if I knew this person they'd be my best friend. Other times you're being interviewed by a complete jerk.