Here's a good quote to share with a friend...

So I'm reading John Gardner's The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers for class. And I'm reading some interesting musings in a chapter called "Interest and Truth," and I read the following:

Some bad men write good books, admittedly, but the reason is that when they're writing they're better men than when they beat their wives and children.

Oh, I think I'll just let that stand there on its own.