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The Need To Express Oneself In Writing Springs From A Mal-adjustment To Life, Or From An Inner Conflict Which The Adolescent (or The Grown Man) Cannot Resolve In Action. Those To Whom Action Comes As Easily As Breathing Rarely Feel The Need To Break Loose From The Real, To Rise Above, And Describe It... I Do Not Mean That It Is Enough To Be Maladjusted To Become A Great Writer, But Writing Is, For Some, A Method Of Resolving A Conflict, Provided They Have The Necessary Talent.

Only Passions Can Raise A Man Above The Level Of The Animal.

The Clear And Simple Words Of Common Usage Are Always Better Than Those Of Erudition. The Jargon Of The Philosophers Not Seldom Conceals An Absence Of Thought.

He Who Has Found A Good Wife Has Found Great Happiness, But A Quarrelsome Woman Is Like A Roof That Lets In The Rain.

Medicine Is A Very Old Joke, But It Still Goes On.