A writer's life is a highly vulnerable, almost naked activity. We don't have to weep about that. The writer makes his choice and is stuck with it. But it is true to say that you are open to all the winds, some of them icy indeed. You are out on your own, out on a limb. You find no shelter, no protection — unless you lie — in which case of course you have constructed your own protection and, it could be argued, become a politician.
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
The ability to accept responsibility is the measure of the man.
Batteries are not just energy storage devices; they're enablers of renewable energy.