I'm not a published writer, but my thought has always been that "serious" writers don't write less. They just publish less. And they publish less because they h

I'm not a published writer, but my thought has always been that "serious" writers don't write less. They just publish less. And they publish less because they have a higher standard for their writing and their art (if I may use that word) than novelists who publish regularly. And (as Barrin92 also noted elsewhere on this thread), they only speak (meaning publish) when they have something to say. And don't we all take people who speak sparingly and choose their words carefully more seriously?