To finish is sadness to a writer — a little death. He puts the last word down and it is done. But it isn’t really done. The story goes on and leaves the writer behind, for no story is ever done.
JOHN STEINBECK
Only through immitation do we develop toward originality.
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To finish is sadness to a writer — a little death. He puts the last word down and it is done. But it isn’t really done. The story goes on and leaves the writer behind, for no story is ever done.
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People like you to be something, preferably what they are.
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Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
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You know how advice is. You only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyway.
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I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments
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An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There’s a punishment for it, and it’s usually crucifixion.
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In poverty she is envious. In riches she may be a snob. Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms.
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Only through immitation do we develop toward originality.
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And, of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen.
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All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal.
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I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.
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Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.
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It’s a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it.
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The craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness.
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I believe that love cannot be bought except with love.
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Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.
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