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I do not think anyone can read War and Peace too much. I read it six times ...

Learn about writing from reading. That is the right way to do it.

You are all right on time, except for the fact that time is the enemy of us all, and especially of the writer.

Of the whole public not a handful can understand the artist's point of view or the writer's conscience.

Writing, like drawing is an art, and whatever conveys the meaning is justified.

You can't know a book until you come to the end of it, and then all the rest must be modified to fit that.

Editors are extremely fallible people, all of them. Don't put too much trust in them.

You have to throw yourself away when you write.

I do not think you should read about writing while you are writing.

Every good thing that comes is accompanied by trouble.

The book belongs to the author.