Of course one never knows in draft if it's going to turn out, even with my age and experience.
If you love the wrong people it's still love, isn't it, no matter what kind of love.
If books were Persian carpets, one would not look only at the outer side. because it is the stitch that makes a carpet wear, gives it its life and bloom.
For an author nothing is as dead as a book once it is written.
cleverness is a disease.
Wanting is the beginning of getting.