“There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter.”
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I learned never to empty the well of my writing, but always to stop when there was still something there in the deep part of the well, and let it refill at night from the springs that fed it.
That is what we are supposed to do when we are at our best - make it all up - but make it up so truly that later it will happen that way.
That terrible mood of depression of whether it's any good or not is what is known as The Artist's Reward.
My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way.