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Renouncement: The Heroism Of Mediocrity.

Indiscretion Has Always Seemed To Me To Be One Of The Privileges Of Tact.

At First, When An Idea, A Poem, Or The Desire To Write Takes Hold Of You, Work Is A Pleasure, A Delight, And Your Enthusiasm Knows No Bounds. But Later On You Work With Difficulty, Doggedly, Desperately. For Once You Have Committed Yourself To A Particular Work, Inspiration Changes Its Form And Becomes An Obsession, Like A Love-affair… Which Haunts You Night And Day! Once At Grips With A Work, We Must Master It Completely Before We Can Recover Our Idleness.

To Mis-quote Is The Very Foundation Of Original Style. The Success Of Most Writers Is Almost Entirely Due To Continuous And Courageous Abuse Of Familiar Misquotation.

Being Other Than Normal Is A Perilous Advantage.