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A Man Rising In The World Is Not Concerned With History; He Is Too Busy Making It. But A Citizen With A Fixed Place In The Community Wants To Acquire A Glorious Past Just As He Acquires Antique Furniture. By That Past He Is Reassured Of His Present Importance; In It He Finds Strength To Face The Dangers That Lie In Front Of Him.

Writing Offers Fairly Large Rewards To A Few Successful People, But The Rewards Come Late, And Most Writers Are Failures.

Be Kind And Considerate With Your Criticism... It's Just As Hard To Write A Bad Book As It Is To Write A Good Book.

Any Fiction Should Be A Story. In Any Story There Are Three Elements: Persons, A Situation, And The Fact That In The End Something Has Changed. If Nothing Has Changed, It Isn't A Story.

Age Is Not Different From Earlier Life As Long As You're Sitting Down