Aphorism
'The best author.—
The best author will
be the one who is
ashamed to become
a writer.'
—Friedrich Nietzsche,
Human, All Too Human,
Volume I, 4. From the
Souls of Artists and
Writers
Elucidation
That is because
the author who is
ashamed to
become a
writer will
not use
writing as
a vanity
exercise.