The writer wants to be understood much more than he wants to be respected or praised or even loved. And that perhaps, is what makes him different from others.

A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by the need to communicate. Behind the need to communicate is the need to share. Behind the need to share is the need to be understood.

The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it.

What we do is never understood, but only praised and blamed.

First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people.

Extremists think 'communication' means agreeing with them.