It seems that we have it backward in our society. We tend to look up to people who are under a great deal of stress, who can handle loads of stress, and those who are under a great deal of pressure. ↗
There is a great deal of advertising that is much better than the product. When that happens, all that the good advertising will do is put you out of business faster. ↗
I believe my publisher has shown a great deal of faith in me over a lot of years but I'm not prepared to be so arrogant to say that the long-term literary value of my work would compensate them for a financial failure. ↗
Well of course there's been a great deal of progress over the last 40 years. We don't have laws that segregate black people within the society any longer. ↗
The way I see things, the way I see life, I see it as a struggle. And there's a great deal of reward I have gained coming to that understanding - that existence is a struggle. ↗