“I have always loved and cherished my friends more than they ever loved me or cherished me. For instance, I have bought and read the books of my friends and even gave a critical analysis, etc., but none of them have even bothered to buy my books, let alone read them. That is not to say that other nonwriter friends have bought and read my books. Maybe I am not a good writer. Ouch, it hurts to think that might be true.”
Know Thyself 