EVERY national church or religion has established itself by pretending some special mission from God, communicated to certain individuals. The Jews have their Moses; the Christians their Jesus Christ, their apostles and saints; and the Turks their Mahomet; as if the way to God was not open to every man alike.
There's a difference between writing for a living and writing for life. If you write for a living, you make enormous compromises. . . . If you write for life, you'll work hard; you'll do what's honest, not what pays