The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one. He has a dream. It anguishes him so much he must get rid of it. He has no peace until then.

"We are all connected, and our actions have consequences that ripple through the lives of others."

When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strong current that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision.

Time is a slippery thing: lose hold of it once, and its string might sail out of your hands forever.