Today's Discussion: Two quotes

[onyxhawke]

I am considering some of the things from the last post, unfortunately time and functional gray matter are scant.

So noting the lack of wit of my own, today's offering for your discussion:

"The penalty for success is to be bored by the people who used to snub you." Nancy Astor


and

"In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the sweetness of the rose depends upon the name it bears. Things are not only what they are. They are, in very important respects, what they seem to be." Hubert H. Humphrey

So how, if at all do these quotes apply to the real world and to writing?

oops. edited to fix quote...

I must not post when too tired to type.
I must not post when too tired to type.
I must not post when too tired to type.
I must not post when too tired to type.
I must not post when too tired to type.
I must not post when too tired to type.
I must not post when too tired to type.
I must not post when too tired to type.
I must not post when too tired to type.
I must not post when too tired to type.