Sometimes I think of life as a process where everybody is discouraging and taking everybody else down a peg or two.

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Families are great murderers of the creative impulse, particularly husbands.

Families are great murderers of the creative impulse, particularly husbands.

All children have creative power.

All children have creative power.

It is so conceited and timid to be ashamed of one's mistakes. Of course they...

It is so conceited and timid to be ashamed of one's mistakes. Of course they...

Think of yourself as an incandescent power, illuminated and perhaps forever talked to by God...

Think of yourself as an incandescent power, illuminated and perhaps forever talked to by God...

This is what I learned: that everybody is talented, original and has something important to...

This is what I learned: that everybody is talented, original and has something important to...

The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat,...

The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat,...

Even if I knew for certain that I would never have anything published again, and...

Even if I knew for certain that I would never have anything published again, and...

The tragedy of bold, forthright, industrious people is that they act so continuously without much...

The tragedy of bold, forthright, industrious people is that they act so continuously without much...

I will tell you what I have learned myself. For me, a long five or...

I will tell you what I have learned myself. For me, a long five or...

Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. When we really listen to...

Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. When we really listen to...

I learned that you should feel when writing, not like Lord Byron on a mountain...

I learned that you should feel when writing, not like Lord Byron on a mountain...