If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one. He has a dream. It anguishes him so much he must get rid of it. He has no peace until then.
The greatest gift you can give someone is your time.
The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.