There is a limit to how much you can change to be liked for who you really are.
A watched child never learns.
The first goal of writing is to have one's words read successfully.
In the great artist you see daring bound by discipline and discipline stretched by daring.
You can be happy with someone who likes you despite your faults - until you meet someone who likes your faults.
No matter what you do in life, a part of you still sits at a curbside, still hearing the drumbeat of a distant parade, still waiting for it to turn the corner.