When I Don't Feel Hurt, I Hope

You Could Not Pity Anything If You Weren't A Man; Pity Was A Surprise To God. It Was Not His Invention.

Somewhere I Put It This Way: First Drafts Are For Learning What One’s Fiction Wants Him To Say. Revision Works With That Knowledge To Enlarge And Enhance An Idea, To Reform It. Revision Is One Of The Exquisite Pleasures Of Writing.

Ithink Isaid'all Menare Jews Excepttheydon't Know It.'i Doubt I Expected Anyone To Take The Statement Literally. But I Think It's An Understandable Statement And A Metaphoric Way Of Indicating How History, Sooner Or Later, Treats All Men.

You See In Others Who You Are.

To Any Writer: Teach Yourself To Work In Uncertainty. Many Writers Are Anxious When They Begin, Or Try Something New. Even Matisse Painted Some Of His Fauvist Pictures In Anxiety. Maybe That Helped Him To Simplify. Character, Discipline, Negative Capability Count. Write, Complete, Revise. If It Doesn't Work, Begin Something Else.