I might say that what amateurs call a style is usually only the unavoidable awkwardnesses in first trying to make something that has not heretofore been made.

The educated man is the man who can do something. The quality of his work marks the degree of his education.

The better the writers the less they will speak about what they have written themselves.

Do not worry. You have always written before and you will write now.

Worry destroys the ability to write.

They were beaten to start with. They were beaten when they took them from their farms and put them in the army. That is why the peasant has wisdom, because he is defeated from the start. Put him in power and see how wise he is.

My life used to be full of everything. Now if you aren't with me I haven't a thing in the world.