Rulers who want to unleash war know very well that they must procure or invent a first victim.
It's good not only to realize that you can't please all of the people all of the time, but that you don't want to. There's a certain type of reader that you don't ever want to write for.
There's nothing like playing. You can coach and you can be around the game, but there is nothing like playing. It's just so much fun.