Writers

"The thing is, absolutely every writer is a successful writer," he said (and she laughed dismissively). "Knock it out of the park, embarrass yourself, your 15 minutes - minimum - WILL happen." "How do you figure?" she pressed him (with an eye roll ready). "The words will live out there forever," he responded quietly, "and I mean forever. If you're a genius, forever. If you're crap from the get-go, forever. Humble literary servant, forever. Arrogant scribbling dickwad, forever. You made something out of nothing and you can't unmake it; you changed the world definitively. Now, whether or not anyone knows about it or cares is kind of a toss-up, but ... you did a thing and karma is in play." "What if someone steals one of my ideas; is that on me or on them?" she asked, curious. "Both; you for the audacity and them for the tomfoolery," he replied, looking suddenly exhausted. "You've been overthinking this for a while," she whispered (smiling). "I have," he confirmed, "but at least I had the good sense not to write it down."