Nationality Isn't Soul.

To Any Writer: Teach Yourself To Work In Uncertainty. Many Writers Are Anxious When They Begin, Or Try Something New. Even Matisse Painted Some Of His Fauvist Pictures In Anxiety. Maybe That Helped Him To Simplify. Character, Discipline, Negative Capability Count. Write, Complete, Revise. If It Doesn't Work, Begin Something Else.

Teach Yourself To Work In Uncertainty.

First Drafts Are For Learning What Your Story Is About.

The Wild Begins Where You Least Expect It, One Step Off Your Normal Course

You Write By Sitting Down And Writing. There's No Particular Time Or Place—you Suit Yourself, Your Nature. How One Works, Assuming He's Disciplined, Doesn't Matter.