It's none of their business that you have to learn how to write. Let them think you were born that way.

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That terrible mood of depression of whether it's any good or not is what is known as The Artist's Reward.

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Ezra was right half the time, and when he was wrong, he was so wrong you were never in any doubt about it.

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I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.

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You can wipe out your opponents. But if you do it unjustly you become eligible for being wiped out yourself.

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When writing a novel a writer should create living people people not characters. A character is a caricature.

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When writing a novel a writer should create living people; people not characters. A character is a caricature.

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Real seriousness in regard to writing is one of two absolute necessities. The other, unfortunately, is talent.

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The game of golf would lose a great deal if croquet mallets and billiard cues were allowed on the putting green.

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There's nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility is being superior to your former self.

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