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You confuse two things: solving a problem and stating a problem correctly. It is only the second that is obligatory for an artist.

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My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our lying.
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Author Beginning End Experience Lying Ourselves Story Writing
Man is what he believes.
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Believe Himself Man
In short stories it is better to say not enough than to say too much, because, because–I don’t know why.
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Better Enough Myself Reason Story
It’s easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy.
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Easy Money Poor Wealth
The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
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Answer Artist Question Role
Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.
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Aptitude Born Fact Faith Spirit Talent Yourself
People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.
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Happiness Notice People Summer Winter
If there’s any illness for which people offer many remedies, you may be sure that particular illness is incurable, I think.
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Cure Myself Offering People Remedy Thinking
The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.
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Correction Problem Solve State Writing
What seems to us serious, significant and important will, in future times, be forgotten or won’t seem important at all.
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Forget Future Important Serious Time Willing
Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be.
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Experience Feeling Himself Love Normal Representation State
If you want to work on your art, work on your life.
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Art Life Work Yourself
If you ever have need of my life, come and take it.
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Life Love Myself Need Yourself
Every person lives his real, most interesting life under the cover of secrecy.
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Himself Interest Live Person Reality Secret
The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles.
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Destruction Hate Small Vice World
People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.
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Goodness Guest Humor Meet People Sincere Speed

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