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The Games Of The Ancient Greeks Were, In Their Original Institutions, Religious Solemnities.

If You Can Discover What You Like, If You Can Discover What You Truly Believe About Most Of The Major Matters Of Life, You Will Be Able To Write A Story Which Is Honest And Original And Unique.

In Matching Your Wits Against Yourself You Take On The Shrewdest And Wiliest Antagonist You Can Have, And Consequently A Victorious Outcome In This Duel Of Wits Brings A Great Feeling Of Triumph.

Fiction Supplies The Only Philosophy That May Readers Know; It Establishes Their Ethical, Social, And Material Standards; It Confirms Them In Their Prejudices Or Opens Their Minds To A Wider World.

Act As If It Were Impossible To Fail.