"The more you live by external shoulds, the farther you drift from the power inherent in your own spirit."

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I don't really think it comes as a shock to every writer if somebody in their family is mad at them. Yes, it's very upsetting. But it's inherent in the process of trying to make sense of one's life, which is what I think is perhaps at the bottom of writing at all.

— Anne Roiphe