There are millions of ways to not be writing. You say you're not in the mood, you'll pick it up tomorrow.

Writers, like most human beings, are adaptable creatures. They can learn to accept subordination without growing fond of it. No writer can forever stand in the wings and watch other people take the curtain calls while his own contributions get lost in the shuffle.

You see. No shock. No engulfment. No tearing assunder. What you feared would come like an explosion is like a whisper. What you thought was the end is the beginning.

Our greatest responsibility is not to be pencils of the past.

People are put down in television now, not because they're not qualitative, not because they're not talented - but because there's no room for them, and worse than that, there's nowhere they can find exposure. Their own good talent may die of mourning, just for want of having somebody read what they've written. I don't presume to say how we can best provide platforms for new writers to get read. I don't know. But therein lies the major problem.

If you need drugs to be a good writer, you are not a good writer.

I'm sufficiently independent to know that I can live well and comfortably all the rest of my life whether I'm rejected or not.