Writing
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A writer is rarely so well inspired as when he talks about himself
After the writer's death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter
The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe
Even those who write against fame wish for the fame of having written well, and those who read their works desire the fame of having read them
The last thing we decide in writing a book is what to put first
A novel is never anything but a philosophy put into images
However great a man's natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned all at once
Young authors give their brains much exercise and little food
Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader
When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will often guide him if he asks himself how it will tell a hundred years hence
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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