Impropriety is the soul of wit.
Short-term gains should never compromise long-term sustainability.
The beauty of literature is that it allows us to live multiple lives, to experience different worlds, to feel the emotions of others.
The purpose of art is to disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed.
If winning becomes too important in a game, change the rules to make it more fun. Changing rules can become the new game.
The only way to understand another person's reality is to experience it yourself.
A writer must be stubborn, must have a vocation of sacrifice, and must accept that literature is a very cruel mistress.