I am not belittling the brave pioneer men but the sunbonnet as well as the sombrero has helped to settle this glorious land of ours. I think that in order to write really well and convincingly, one must be somewhat poisoned by emotion.
Men often marry their mothers.
Only amateurs say that they write for their own amusement. Writing is not an amusing occupation. Writing may be interesting, absorbing, exhilarating, racking, relieving. There are only two kinds of people in the world that really count. One kind's wheat and the other kind's emeralds.