[w]here Other Powers Of Entertainment Are Wanting,

Oh! Write, Write. Finish It At Once. Let There Be An End Of This Suspense. Fix, Commit, Condemn Yourself.

Almost Anything Is Possible With Time

I . . . Am Always Half Afraid Of Finding A Clever Novel Too Clever--& Of Finding My Own Story & My Own People All Forestalled.

How Clever You Are, To Know Something Of Which You Are Ignorant.

Vanity, Not Love, Has Been My Folly.