Talent is helpful in writing, but guts are absolutely necessary.

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In my time and neighborhood (and in my soul) there was only one standard by...

In my time and neighborhood (and in my soul) there was only one standard by...

We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't it is easier to...

We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't it is easier to...

We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't it is easier to...

We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't it is easier to...

Faithfulness to the past can be a kind of death above ground. Writing of the...

Faithfulness to the past can be a kind of death above ground. Writing of the...

There are two barriers that often prevent communication between the young and their elders. The...

There are two barriers that often prevent communication between the young and their elders. The...

The basic essential of a great actor is that he loves himself in acting.

The basic essential of a great actor is that he loves himself in acting.

I've done more harm by the falseness of trying to please than by the honesty...

I've done more harm by the falseness of trying to please than by the honesty...

Experience is what allows us to repeat our mistakes, only with more finesse!

Experience is what allows us to repeat our mistakes, only with more finesse!

The sick soon come to understand that they live in a different world from that...

The sick soon come to understand that they live in a different world from that...

We can love an honest rogue, but what is more offensive than a false saint?

We can love an honest rogue, but what is more offensive than a false saint?

Groan and forget it.

Groan and forget it.

A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor...

A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor...

Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the...

Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the...

A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever.

A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever.

It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption...

It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption...

The sick soon come to understand that they live in a different world from that...

The sick soon come to understand that they live in a different world from that...

If you want a baby, have a new one. Don't baby the old one.

If you want a baby, have a new one. Don't baby the old one.

The West is color. Its colors are animal rather than vegetable, the colors of earth...

The West is color. Its colors are animal rather than vegetable, the colors of earth...

Only a fool would refuse to enter a fool's paradise when that's the only paradise...

Only a fool would refuse to enter a fool's paradise when that's the only paradise...

The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.

The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.