Once writing has become your major vice and greatest pleasure only death can stop it. Financial security then is a great help as it keeps you from worrying.

Humility is not disgraceful, and carries no loss of true pride.

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

How little we know of what there is to know. I wish that I were going to live a long time instead of going to die today because I have learned much about life in these four days; more, I think than in all other time. I'd like to be an old man to really know. I wonder if you keep on learning or if there is only a certain amount each man can understand. I thought I knew so many things that I know nothing of. I wish there was more time.

The best writing is certainly when you are in love

I don't like to leave anything,' the man said. 'I don't like to leave things behind.

If every one said orders were impossible to carry out when they were received where would you be? Where would we all be if you just said, "Impossible," when orders came?