All publishers are Columbuses. The successful author is their America. The reflection that they-like Columbus-didn't discover what they expected to discover, and didn't discover what they started out to discover, doesn't trouble them. All they remember is that they discovered America; they forget that they started out to discover some patch or corner of India.
Mark TwainWork consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.
Mark Twain