The daily act of writing remains as demanding and maddening as it was before and the pleasure you get from writing - rare but profound - remains at the true heart of the enterprise. On their best days writers all over the world are winning Pulitzers all alone in their studios with no one watching.
Children must be considered in a divorce considered valuable pawns in the nasty legal and financial contest that is about to ensue.
We are not merely passive pawns of historical forces nor are we victims of the past. We can shape and direct history.