If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad.

If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad.

Writing only leads to more writing.

Writing only leads to more writing.

You write in your letter something which I sometimes feel also: Sometimes I do not know how I shall pull read more

You write in your letter something which I sometimes feel also: Sometimes I do not know how I shall pull through.

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.

Whether or not you write well, write bravely

Whether or not you write well, write bravely

America has been discovered before, but it has always been hushed up.

America has been discovered before, but it has always been hushed up.

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.

The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.

Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they read more

Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they congenitally lack the equipment to do so, just as they congenitally lack the equipment to fly over the moon.