There was always the consolation that if I didn't like what I wrote I could throw it away or burn it.

Quote by Carl Sandburg

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Nothing happens unless first a dream.

Nothing happens unless first a dream.

I decided I would go to Chicago and try my luck as a writer after...

I decided I would go to Chicago and try my luck as a writer after...

I'm either going to be a writer or a bum.

I'm either going to be a writer or a bum.

Life is like an onion; you peel one layer off at a time and sometimes...

Life is like an onion; you peel one layer off at a time and sometimes...

To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after...

To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after...

I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.

I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.

A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.

Shame is the feeling you have when you agree with the woman who loves you...

Shame is the feeling you have when you agree with the woman who loves you...

I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.

I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.

I am an idealist. I don't know where I'm going but I'm on my way.

I am an idealist. I don't know where I'm going but I'm on my way.

One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude.

One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude.

To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after...

To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after...

A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.

A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.

I've written some poetry I don't understand myself.

I've written some poetry I don't understand myself.

I have in later years taken to Euclid, Whitehead, Bertrand Russell, in an elemental way.

I have in later years taken to Euclid, Whitehead, Bertrand Russell, in an elemental way.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

I am an idealist. I believe in everything - I am only looking for proofs.

I am an idealist. I believe in everything - I am only looking for proofs.

I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what...

I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what...

I stayed away from mathematics not so much because I knew it would be hard...

I stayed away from mathematics not so much because I knew it would be hard...