The real writer is one who really writes. Talent is an invention like phlogiston after the fact of fire. Work is its own cure. You have to like it better than being loved.
If sex is a war, I am a conscientious objector: I will not play.
The incidence of violent brand-loyalty to one's own current dogma has risen.
Pain is a forcing sieve that turns me to gruel.
Shared laughter is erotic too.
The art of fiction is one of constant seduction. You must persuade the reader on page 1 to start reading - on page 50, or page 150 and yes, on page 850.