That is almost the definition of any friendship that is worthwhile - that we don't care a damn how you behave yourself. Edmund Clerihew Bentley
You should write, first of all, to please yourself. You shouldn't care a damn about anybody else at all. But writing can't be a way of life - the important part of writing is living. You have to live in such a way that your writing emerges from it. Doris Lessing
I write what I believe in and don't care a damn about the consequences. Khushwant Singh
I don't care a damn for your loyal service when you think I am right; when I really want it most is when you think I am wrong. John Monash