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Well I think any author or musician is anxious to have legitimate sales of their products, partly so they're rewarded for their success, partly so they can go on and do new things.

So there's a lot of people tied into believing that the traditional response to the authorship question. In terms of actors, some people get very angry about it.

And people do enjoy the plays at completely different levels. And, likewise, they enjoy the authorship question... at completely different levels.

When I started creating my work for publication, I just assumed that the focus would be on the work itself and that there wouldn't be a lot of interest in who was creating the work.

Authors like reading. Go figure. So it's not surprising that we sometimes bog down in the research stage of new writing projects.

Different authors write different ways, have different relationships with their audiences, and those are all legitimate.

A writer is not a confectioner, a cosmetic dealer, or an entertainer.

I think, to be a successful author, you've got to be part recluse and part show-off.

The writer needs to react to his or her own internal universe, to his or her own point of view. If he or she doesn't have a personal point of view, it's impossible to be a creator.