What else is writing but showing off. Writing is the most incredible act of ego anyone can perform. You show me a writer who is humble, I’ll show you a hypocrite. The minute you sit down and write something for publication, what you are saying by the act itself is, “What I have to say is important enough for you to read. What I have written is important enough for you to know.” That’s pure ego. I don’t care what a Casper Milquetoast you are in real life, you are saying, “I’m top of the world, Ma.”
–Harlan Ellison
And here I thought I was just a nice, sweet Christian girl, writing stories.