If we are to keep democracy, there must be a commandment: Thou shalt not ration justice.
Americans are apt to be unduly interested in discovering what average opinion believes average opinion to be.
But in the meantime I became accustomed to the writing life and it would be hard to change now - partly because of the salary cut if I went to my other love, teaching; and partly because I still have stories to tell, even though it isn't all that fun doing the work anymore.