I'm a vegetarian - I think there's a strong possibility, had I not become a vegetarian, I would not be working now. I became a vegetarian about 25 years ago, and I did it out of concern for animals. But I immediately began having more energy and feeling better.
Put your consumers in focus, and listen to what they're actually saying, not what they tell you.
American writers ought to stand and live in the margins, and be more dangerous.