All Men Are Jews, Though Few Men

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.

First Drafts Are For Learning What Your Story Is About.

Those Who Write About Life, Reflect About Life. You See In Others Who You Are.

Completed, Most Lives Were Alike In Stages Of Living-joys, Celebrations, Crises, Illusions, Losses, Sorrows.

We Have Two Lives, The Life We Learn With And The Life We Live With After That. Suffering Is What Brings Us Toward Happiness.