Betsy Lerner: Writing (and life) is/are not fair

Rebecca Cook was the first person who told me about Betsy Lerner and how much she loved her book on writing called The Forest For the Trees. I read an updated version of the book last fall and enjoyed it. Betsy used to be an editor but is now and agent and her blog is worth reading.
Her post the other day was in response to a writer lamenting he didn't think it was fair that he couldn't earn a living from his writing. Here was part of her response:

I said that no one invites you to write, no one cares if you do, and that it is against the world's indifference that you create. If you are lucky enough that the world loves what you write, then perhaps you will be among the few who make their living writing. The rest of us get up at dawn or write all night, or write on vacations, or quit for years and hate ourselves in an even more special way.

You can read the entire post here:http://betsylerner.wordpress.com/2011/04/25/i-know-youre-gonna-leave-me-but-i-refuse-to-let-you-go/