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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.
Language achieves soul only when it's applied as a tool, used by those who imbue it with what they have read more
Language achieves soul only when it's applied as a tool, used by those who imbue it with what they have had the courage and honesty to perceive and feel.
Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it's addressed to someone else.
Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it's addressed to someone else.
What a lot we lost when we stopped writing letters. You can't reread a phone call.
What a lot we lost when we stopped writing letters. You can't reread a phone call.
I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. read more
I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.
A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read more
A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness.
Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement; then it becomes a read more
Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement; then it becomes a mistress, and then it becomes a master, and then a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster, and fling him out to the public.
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
Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area.
Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area.