As A Writer I Have

As A Younger Man I Wrote For Eight Years Without Ever Earning A Nickel Which Is A Long Apprenticeship, But In That Time I Learned A Lot About My Trade.

I Never Wrote Anything That Was Published Until I Was Forty.

Being Goal-oriented Instead Of Self-oriented Is Crucial. I Know So Many People Who Want To Be Writers. But Let Me Tell You, They Really Don't Want To Be Writers. They Want To Have Been Writers. They Wish They Had A Book In Print. They Don't Want To Go Through The Work Of Getting The Damn Book Out. There Is A Huge Difference.

Writers Turn Dreams Into Print.

A Soldier Lives Always For The Next Battle, Because He Knows That Before It Arrives Impossible Changes Can Occur In His Favor.