An Artist Is Always Seeking

I Am Mentally Bifocal.

Endurance Of Inescapable Sorrow Is Something Which Has To Be Learned Alone. And Only To Endure Is Not Enough. Endurance Can Be A Harsh And Bitter Root In One's Life, Bearing Poisonous And Gloomy Fruit, Destroying Other Lives. Endurance Is Only The Beginning. There Must Be Acceptance And The Knowledge That Sorrow Fully Accepted Brings Its Own Gifts. For There Is An Alchemy In Sorrow. It Can Be Transmuted Into Wisdom, Which, If It Does Not Bring Joy, Can Yet Bring Happiness.

It Is Better To Learn Early Of The Inevitable Depths, For Then Sorrow And Death Can Take Their Proper Place In Life, And One Is Not Afraid.

The Melting-pot Idea Is Futile ... The Brew In A Melting Pot Is Always Boiling Over.

Write A Novel If You Must, But Think Of Money As An Unlikely Accident. Get Your Reward Out Of Writing It, And Try To Be Content With That.