The writer must not invent. The legend on the license must read: NONE OF THIS WAS MADE UP.

To be a writer is to sit down at one's desk in the chill portion of every day, and to write; not waiting for the little jet of the blue flame of genius to start from the breastbone - just plain going at it, in pain and delight. To be a writer is to throw away a great deal, not to be satisfied, to type again, and then again, and once more, and over and over...

The writer must not invent. The legend on the license must read: NONE OF THIS WAS MADE UP.

To my great surprise, I never heard anyone cry out in the disorder, even though they suffered in great agony. They died in silence, with no grudge, setting their teeth to bear it. All for the country!

Do not work primarily for money; do your duty to patients first and let the money follow; our life is short, we don't live twice; the whirlwind will pick up the leaves and spin them, but then it will drop them and they will form a pile.

The reality is that changes are coming... They must come. You must share in bringing them.

To be a writer is to throw away a great deal, not to be satisfied, to type again, and then again and once more, and over and over.