It's like a garden: Whatever you water the most will do the best. At some point you decide whether you'll water your career or your relationship more.
The writers I respect the most had an undying commitment to a vision.
I feel an intense intimacy with those who have this loathing interest in me....
They pick all of us out and then they decide they computerize decide if they like it or don't like it and then they go home and then they come back again because they're not sure what they saw.