When a man has written a role for you that you admire, the expectations are higher.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The writer wants to be understood much more than he wants to be respected or praised or even loved. And that perhaps, is what makes him different from others.
As I have encountered difficult moments in my own life, I have been privileged to learn from the great men I have come to know as a writer.
When a man becomes a writer, I think he takes on a sacred obligation to produce beauty and enlightenment and comfort at top speed.
He is the best man who, when making his plans, fears and reflects on everything that can happen to him, but in the moment of action is bold.
Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than a great author. There are but two things worth living for: to do what is worthy of being written; and to write what is worthy of being read.
Within the hearts men, loyalty and consideration are esteemed greater than success.
It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration of passion, who cannot write well under other circumstances.
There are no expectations other than those I place on myself to be a great father and husband.
Romance writers and readers have one thing in common: We love men.
The writer of stories or of novels settles on men and imitates them; he exhausts the possibilities of his characters.