Proverbs Are For The Most Part Rules

All That Is Necessary To Break The Spell Of Inertia And Frustration Is This: Act As If It Were Impossible To Fail. That Is The Talisman, The Formula, The Command Of Right-about-face Which Turns Us From Failure Towards Success.

Most Of The Methods Of Training The Conscious Side Of The Writer-the Craftsman And The Critic In Him- Are Actually Hostile To The Good Of The Artist's Side; And The Converse Of This Proposition Is Likewise True. But It Is Possible To Train Both Sides Of The Character To Work In Harmony, And The First Step In That Education Is To Consider That You Must Teach Yourself Not As Though You Were One Person, But Two.

The Only Difference Between A Problem And A Solution Is That People Understand The Solution.

Act As If It Were Impossible To Fail.

The Most Enviable Writers Are Those Who, Quite Often Unanalytically And Unconsciously, Have Realized That There Are Different Facets To Their Nature And Are Able To Live And Work With Now One, Now The Other.