You know, you never heard James Brown sing: "It's a writer's world." In fact, you never heard anybody sing or say that. We writers are the Rodney Dangerfields (picture Rodney adjusting tie knot and whining: I get no respect!) of the Arts.
Don't believe me? Just check out Harlan Ellison's rant on YouTube. When a writer of Harlan's stature gets treated that way, what hope is there for the garden-variety writer who isn't making big bucks?
Still, I can't think of anything I'd rather be doing. That's the problem with us. We do it because we love putting words together to represent the visions - sometimes imaginative, sometimes prosaic, but always creative - inside our heads.
Rant on, Harlan! Write on, writers!
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