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This is Cary at his best, profering a deeply intelligent and humane answer to a humane and intelligent question. I have a sense that Shivering Scribbler will draw much comfort from that response, and it might indeed convince him to stay on and therefore end up changing his life. Theodore Zeldin wrote in 'An intimate history of humanity' that "Nobody forsaw the worldwide shortage of respect" and you could say that Encouragement* especially encouragement this sincere, is pretty thin on the ground too.
Others of us who are not journalists and don't have this exact same problem can also take heart from the profound wisdom inherent in 'I never had any luck in [insert your profession here] until I stopped trying to be a star and started trying to be useful to others'
*Encouragement (and courage) are from the french word 'Coeur' or heart, so to encourage, is to literally to 'give heart to'
