Never make a defense or an apology until you are accused.
Sometimes love will pick you up by the short hairs...and jerk the heck out of you.
When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.
Part of being creative is learning how to protect your freedom. That includes freedom from avarice.
Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.
We are what we repeatedly do.
I opened my mouth, then shut it, then, very slowly, I held my hands up in front of me.