To any writer: Teach yourself to work in uncertainty. Many writers are anxious when they begin, or try something new. Even Matisse painted some of his Fauvist pictures in anxiety. Maybe that helped him to simplify. Character, discipline, negative capability count. Write, complete, revise. If it doesn't work, begin something else.
Bernard Malamud(Clothes) cannot change a man's nature. He's either kind or he isn't, with or without clothes.
Bernard MalamudAs long as a man stays alive he can't tell what chances will pop up next. But a dead man signs no checks.
Bernard Malamud