You Should Write First Drafts As If

Every Time I Catch Myself Saying, "oh No, You Shouldn't Try That," I Think, "yes, I Should."

I Have Lived My Life According To This Principle: If I'm Afraid Of It, Then I Must Do It.

Women Who Bear Children Before They Establish Serious Habits Of Work, May Never Establish Them At All.

Art Keeps One Young, I Think, Because It Keeps One Perpetually A Beginner, Perpetually A Child.

Mediocre Prose Might Be Read As An Escape, Might Be Spoken On Television By Actors, Or Mouthed In Movies. But Mediocre Poetry Did Not Exist At All. If Poetry Wasn't Good, It Wasn't Poetry. It Was That Simple.