Old Habits Are Strong And Jealous.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Act As If It Were Impossible To Fail.