“That terrible mood of depression of whether it's any good or not is what is known as The Artist's Reward.”
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I know war as few other men now living know it, and nothing to me is more revolting. I have long advocated its complete abolition, as its very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a method of settling international disputes.
The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.
Prose is architecture, not interior decoration, and the Baroque is over.
It's none of their business that you have to learn how to write. Let them think you were born that way.