“There is the glamour side of it, which allows you to meet great variety of people with whom you simply can have a good time, but there's also the sad side of it that drags you into a superficial and artificial world.”
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The beauty comes with the balance. Everyone should find his own balance in his personal as well as his professional life. Once you do so, you will feel and look beautiful.
I find it amusing on one level, poignant on another, when people try to get recognition from an outside source. It's sad.
I think coldness is chic among writers, and particularly ironic coldness. What is absolutely not allowable is sadness. People will do anything rather than to acknowledge that they are sad.
Every human walks around with a certain kind of sadness. They may not wear it on their sleeves, but it's there if you look deep.