I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century: that a writer never complains, never explains and never disdains.
I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century: that a writer never complains, never explains and never disdains.
I keep a hotel room in my town, although I have a large house. And I go there at about 5:30 in the morning, and I start working. And I don’t allow anybody to come in that room. I work on yellow pads and with ballpoint pens. I keep a Bible, a thesaurus, a dictionary, and a bottle of sherry. I stay there until midday.
Hobbies are apt to run away with us, you know; it doesn’t do to be run away with. We must keep the reins.
I know that one of the great arts that the writer develops is the art of saying, ‘No. No, I’m finished. Bye.’ And leaving it alone. I will not write it into the ground. I will not write the life out of it. I won’t do that.
With faith, discipline and selfless devotion to duty, there is nothing worthwhile that you cannot achieve.
It’s easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you’re a winner, when you’re number one. What you got to have is faith and discipline when you’re not a winner.
To be in good moral condition requires at least as much training as to be in good physical condition.
Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and importance, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.
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