So what possible difference can my writing ever make? What difference can any one of us ever make? What difference does it make if we make a difference or not? Just be in the moment. Live for this day and this day alone.
If one wishes to spend one's life as a writer, it is a dangerous undertaking on the most primitive level. For, it seems to me, the act of writing with serious intent involvesenormous personal risk. It entails the ongoing courage for self-discovery. It means one will walk forever on the tightrope, with each new step presenting the possibility of learning a truth about oneself that is too terrible to bear. …Harlan Ellison