"the dullard sees no eros in fine champagne; the sorcerer can fall intoxicated on a glass of water"

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Some writers, of course, simply write, as they feel they are driven to do, by outer/inner inspirations. If, after the work is written and, hopefully, published, others respond -- that is the Champagne. But we, or some of us, don't write for the Champagne. We write because we write.

— Tanith Lee