Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.

Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

She that fails to command her thoughts will soon lose command of her actions

She that fails to command her thoughts will soon lose command of her actions

Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see in the making all read more

Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see in the making all around us. In the end, writers will write not to be outlaw heroes of some underculture but mainly to save themselves, to survive as individuals.

Whether or not you write well, write bravely

Whether or not you write well, write bravely

Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made
an international reputation for myself read more

Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made
an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice
a week.

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

You write in your letter something which I sometimes feel also: Sometimes I do not know how I shall pull read more

You write in your letter something which I sometimes feel also: Sometimes I do not know how I shall pull through.

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.