Act As Though It Is Impossible To

Criticism And Rejection Are Not Personal Insults, But Your Artistic Component Will Not Know That. It Will Quiver And Wince And Run To Cover, And You Will Have Trouble In Luring It Out Again To Observe And Weave Tales And Find Words For All The Thousand Shades Of Feeling That Go To Make Up A Story.

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.

The Worst Effect Of Party Is Its Tendency To Generate Narrow, False, And Illiberal Prejudices, By Teaching The Adherents Of One Party To Regard Those That Belong To An Opposing Party As Unworthy Of Confidence.

The Genius Keeps All His Days The Vividness And Intensity Of Interest That A Sensitive Child Feels In His Expanding World.

Most Of The Methods Of Training The Conscious Side Of The Writer-the Craftsman And The Critic In Him- Are Actually Hostile To The Good Of The Artist's Side; And The Converse Of This Proposition Is Likewise True. But It Is Possible To Train Both Sides Of The Character To Work In Harmony, And The First Step In That Education Is To Consider That You Must Teach Yourself Not As Though You Were One Person, But Two.