From my close observation of writers ... they fall into two groups: 1) those who bleed copiously and visibly at any bad review, and 2) those who bleed copiously and secretly at any bad review.

The Law of conservation of energy tells us we can't get something for nothing, but we refuse to believe it. - Book of Science and Nature Quotations, 1988.

I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die.

Where any answer is possible, all answers are meaningless.