But it's writing, damn it, not washing the car or putting on eyeliner. If you can take it seriously, we can do business. If you can't or won't, it's time for you to close the book and do something else. Wash the car, maybe.
How many have to die before we will give up these dangerous toys?
Might as well try to drink the ocean with a spoon as argue with a lover.
It is the tale, not he who tells it.
Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open.
Discipline and constant work are the whetstones upon which the dull knife of talent is honed until it becomes sharp enough, hopefully, to cut through even the toughest meat and gristle.