Of course, in fairness, I must remind you of this: that we writers are the most lily-livered of all craftsmen. We expect more, for the most peewee efforts, than any other people.

If you would shut your door against the children for an hour a day and say: 'Mother is working on her five-act tragedy in blank verse!' you would be surprised how they would respect you. They would probably all become playwrights.

Even if I knew for certain that I would never have anything published again, and would never make another cent from it, I would still keep on writing.

It is only by expressing all that is inside that purer and purer streams come.

We start out in our lives as little children, full of light and the clearest vision.

Be bold, free, and truthful.

Self-trust is so important. When you launch on a story, make your neck loose, feel free, good-natured. And be lazy. Feel that you are going to throw it away. Try writing utterly unplanned stories and see what comes out.