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Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting.
Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting.
Writers seldom choose as friends those self-contained characters who are never in trouble, never unhappy or ill, never make mistakes, read more
Writers seldom choose as friends those self-contained characters who are never in trouble, never unhappy or ill, never make mistakes, and always count their change when it is handed to them.
Words represent your intellect. The sound, gesture and movement represent your feelings.
Words represent your intellect. The sound, gesture and movement represent your feelings.
The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.
The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.
Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders.
Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders.
Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for future times to hear.
Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for future times to hear.
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
Wear the old coat and buy the new book.
Wear the old coat and buy the new book.
I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing.
I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing.
