To withdraw myself from myself has ever been my sole, my entire, my sincere motive in scribbling at all.
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Nothing so fretful, so despicable as a Scribbler, see what I am, and what a parcel of Scoundrels I have brought about my ears, and what language I have been obliged to treat them with to deal with them in their own way; -- all this comes of Authorship.
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Mr. Faulkner, of course, is interested in making your mind rather than your flesh creep.
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Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear.
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In general I do not draw well with literary men -- not that I dislike them but I never know what to say to them after I have praised their last publication.
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Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.
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A great writer creates a world of his own and his readers are proud to live in it. A lesser writer may entice them in for a moment, but soon he will watch them filing out.
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If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad. As to that regular, uninterrupted love of writing. I do not understand it. I feel it as a torture, which I must get rid of, but never as a pleasure. On the contrary, I think composition a great pain.
