I hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme.
HENRY JAMESI take up my own pen again – the pen of all my old unforgettable efforts and sacred struggles.
More Henry James Quotes
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It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance, for our consideration and application of these things, and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.
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I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of an artistic process.
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The artist is present in every page of every book from which he sought so assiduously to eliminate himself.
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I don’t want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did.
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Innocent and infinite are the pleasures of observation.
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Be generous, be delicate, and always pursue the prize.
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It is no wonder he wins every game. He has never done a thing in his life exept play games
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Young men of this class never do anything for themselves that they can get other people to do for them, and it is the infatuation, the devotion, the superstition of others that keeps them going. These others in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred are women.
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Live all you can; it’s a mistake not to.
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True happiness, we are told, consists in getting out of one’s self; but the point is not only to get out – you must stay out; and to stay out you must have some absorbing errand.
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You must save what you can of your life; you musn’t lose it all simply because you’ve lost a part.
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We work in the dark – we do what we can – we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.
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Make the short story tremendously succinct – with a very short pulse or rhythm – and the closest selection of detail.
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I think I don’t regret a single “excess” of my responsive youth I only regret, in my chilled age, certain occasions and possibilities I didn’t embrace.
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Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there.
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