Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by his heart, and his friends can only read the title.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Every man's memory is his private literature.
A writer never reads his work. For him, it is the unreadable, a secret, and he cannot remain face to face with it. A secret, because he is separated from it.
If the novelist shares his or her problems with the characters, he or she is able to study his personal unconscious.
He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes a book.
One man is as good as another until he has written a book.
He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his reading. He was wont to say that if he had read as much as other men he should have known no more than other men.
It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.
The books one has written in the past have two surprises in store: one couldn't write them again, and wouldn't want to.
The world is a beautiful book, but of little use to him who cannot read it.
He who loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, or an effectual comforter.
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