“The world, moment by ordinary or agonizing moment, lies chock-full with its own clarifications and rewards. That such rewards most often go unnoticed keeps the artist in business.”
“The world is full of injustice, and those who profit by injustice are in a position to administer rewards and punishments. The rewards go to those who invent ingenious justifications for inequality, the punishments to those who try to remedy it.”
“Goodness is not its own reward in this world. Those who help are sometimes destroyed first”
“Resistance is its own reward.”
“Writing is its own reward.”
“Vice is its own reward.”