not compromise

I was talking to an aspiring author at the Writing for Charity event on Saturday, and was trying to explain how to walk the fine line between selling out and remaining in the Ivory Tower which I myself try to balance. She listened for a few minutes, then nodded and said, "So you compromise."

No! I don't compromise. Not in the way that people usually mean compromise. Which is, you get some of what you want, and the other person gets some of what he wants, and no one gets everything. Becau...