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"No matter how much enthusiasm and effort you put into writing, if you totally lack literary talent you can forget about being a novelist."
"But the detail of the poem shows power akin to genius, and reveals to us that much neglected law of literary history -- that potential genius can never become actual unless it finds or makes the Form which it requires."
"And what, you ask, does writing teach us? First and foremost, it reminds us that we are alive and that it is a gift and a privilege, not a right."
"We are all artists, painting the world with our thoughts while coloring the universe with our deeds."
"If you ever desire to give birth to anything at all, then you cannot do without solitude."
"Try any goddam thing you like, no matter how boringly normal or outrageous. If it works, fine. If it doesn't, toss it. Toss it even if you love it."
"Like most arts, the link between the mind and the pen can chain you like an enslaved workaholic. Even on an intended vacation you suddenly have this killer urge to record whatever the vacation may teach."
"I dream. Sometimes I think that's the only right thing to do."
"You reach deep down and bring up what feels absolutely authentic to you as you move along with the book, but you don't know everything about it. You can't."
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"We can serve our customers well only if our buying jobs are right. You cannot sell if you haven't ordered wanted goods into your store."
"There has never been a time when a career in the Penney Company was not a challenge that brought out the best in a man."
"Responsibilities are given to him on whom trust rests. Responsibility is always a sign of trust."
"My definition of an executive's job is brief and to the point. It is simply this: Getting things done through other people."
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