The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one... If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate; the "Ode on a Grecian Urn" is worth any number of old ladies.
I'm not a product, I'm a person.
The old believe everything, the middle aged suspect everything, the young know everything.
"Success is no accident."
Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.