In actual life, every great enterprise begins with and takes its first forward step in faith.

Quote by August Wilhelm Von Schlegel

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Literature is the immortality of speech

Literature is the immortality of speech

Literature is the immortality of speech.

Literature is the immortality of speech.

Authorship, according to the spirit in which it is pursued, is an infancy, a pastime,...

Authorship, according to the spirit in which it is pursued, is an infancy, a pastime,...

Written reports stifle creativity.

Written reports stifle creativity.

Nature fits all her children with something to do, he who would write and can't...

Nature fits all her children with something to do, he who would write and can't...

Writing is a difficult trade which must be learned slowly by reading great authors; by...

Writing is a difficult trade which must be learned slowly by reading great authors; by...

All that I really have to recount are observations and notes made during the course...

All that I really have to recount are observations and notes made during the course...

Inspiration always arrives unannounced.

Inspiration always arrives unannounced.

If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire...

If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire...

Every writer I know has trouble writing.

Every writer I know has trouble writing.

I write to discover what I think. After all, the bars aren't open that early.

I write to discover what I think. After all, the bars aren't open that early.

It's hard enough to write a good drama, it's much harder to write a good...

It's hard enough to write a good drama, it's much harder to write a good...

The secret of good writing is to say an old thing in a new way...

The secret of good writing is to say an old thing in a new way...

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

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

How do you write women so well? I think of a man and I take...

How do you write women so well? I think of a man and I take...

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

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

Writing is the only trade I know of in which sniveling confessions of extreme incompetence...

Writing is the only trade I know of in which sniveling confessions of extreme incompetence...

Writing or printing is like shooting with a rifle; you may hit your reader's mind,...

Writing or printing is like shooting with a rifle; you may hit your reader's mind,...

Writing is one of the few professions in which you can psychoanalyse yourself, get rid...

Writing is one of the few professions in which you can psychoanalyse yourself, get rid...

The true poem rests between the words.

The true poem rests between the words.