Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Man is what he reads.
The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make a book.
A man who wants time to read and write must let the grass grow long.
The great man who gives a true transcript of his mind fascinates and instructs. Most writers suppress individuality. They wish to please the public.
A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good.
If I'd learned nothing else, it was this: If you want to be a great writer, be a man. If you can't be a man, write like one.
The writer of stories or of novels settles on men and imitates them; he exhausts the possibilities of his characters.
A man, to read, must read alone. He may make extracts, he may work at books in company; but to read, to absorb, he must be solitary.
Write me as one that loves his fellow-men.
A reading man and woman is a ready man and woman, but a writing man and woman is exact.