Mountains appear more lofty, the nearer they are approached, but great men resemble them not in this particular

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Genius is the gold in the mine; talent is the miner who works and brings...

Genius is the gold in the mine; talent is the miner who works and brings...

Imagination, which is the Eldorado of the poet and of the novel-writer, often proves the...

Imagination, which is the Eldorado of the poet and of the novel-writer, often proves the...

Imagination, which is the Eldorado of the poet and of the novel-writer, often proves the...

Imagination, which is the Eldorado of the poet and of the novel-writer, often proves the...

To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love. But then, one...

To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love. But then, one...

Editorial writers enter after battle and shoot the wounded.

Editorial writers enter after battle and shoot the wounded.

The good writer, the great writer, has what I have called the three S's: the...

The good writer, the great writer, has what I have called the three S's: the...

You become a good writer just as you become a good joiner: by planing down...

You become a good writer just as you become a good joiner: by planing down...

Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time...

Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time...

Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. The talent of...

Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. The talent of...

The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties.

The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties.

Dreaming in public is an important part of our job description, as science writers, but...

Dreaming in public is an important part of our job description, as science writers, but...

The fact that writers will go through so much to remain writers says something, perhaps...

The fact that writers will go through so much to remain writers says something, perhaps...

People want to know why I do this, why I write such gross stuff. I...

People want to know why I do this, why I write such gross stuff. I...

Whores and writers, Mahound. We are the people you can't forgive.

Whores and writers, Mahound. We are the people you can't forgive.

Every writer is a frustrated actor who recites his lines in the hidden auditorium of...

Every writer is a frustrated actor who recites his lines in the hidden auditorium of...

Real writers are those who want to write, need to write, have to write.

Real writers are those who want to write, need to write, have to write.

Virginia Woolf said that writers must be androgynous. I'll go a step further. You must...

Virginia Woolf said that writers must be androgynous. I'll go a step further. You must...

The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in...

The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in...

Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than...

Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than...

The purpose of a writer is to be read, and the criticism which would destroy...

The purpose of a writer is to be read, and the criticism which would destroy...