It's commonly said that people who've been ill in childhood and who've had an upset education never really regret that they do. It means that you don't look at the world in the way that other people do, and if you were inclined to be a writer, that's a help.
“When I come up with an idea about the way I feel, I can really state it strongly in a song.”
“To take wine into our mouths is to savor a droplet of the river of human history.”