The Games Of The Ancient

Fiction Supplies The Only Philosophy That May Readers Know; It Establishes Their Ethical, Social, And Material Standards; It Confirms Them In Their Prejudices Or Opens Their Minds To A Wider World.

Most Of The Methods Of Training The Conscious Side Of The Writer-the Craftsman And The Critic In Him- Are Actually Hostile To The Good Of The Artist's Side; And The Converse Of This Proposition Is Likewise True. But It Is Possible To Train Both Sides Of The Character To Work In Harmony, And The First Step In That Education Is To Consider That You Must Teach Yourself Not As Though You Were One Person, But Two.

There Are Seeds Of Self-destruction In All Of Us That Will Bear Only Unhappiness If Allowed To Grow.

Proverbs Are For The Most Part Rules Of Moral, Or, Still More Properly, Of Prudential Conduct.

Most Writers Flourish Greatly On A Simple, Healthy Routine With Occasional Time Off For Gaiety.