An Absolutely Necessary Part Of A Writer's

Curiously, The United States Is Full Of Writers Who Have One Big Work In Their Life And That's All.

An Absolutely Necessary Part Of A Writer's Equipment, Almost As Necessary As Talent, Is The Ability To Stand Up Under Punishment, Both The Punishment The World Hands Out And The Punishment He Inflicts Upon Himself.

Ernest Hemingway Did A Great Deal Toward Making The Writer An Acceptable Public Figure; Obviously, He Was No Sissy.

Writing Is Like A Contact Sport, Like Football. Why Do Kids Play Football? They Can Get Hurt On Any Play, Can't They? Yet They Can't Wait Until Saturday Comes Around So They Can Play On The High School Team, Or The College Team, And Get Smashed Around. Writing Is Like That. You Can Get Hurt, But You Enjoy It!

In Europe, A Writer Is Supposed To Improve Up Until He's About 75