It Is Not A Fragrant World.

But Nothing Seems To Do Any Good.

I Have Made Three Rules Of Writing For Myself That Are Absolutes: Never Take Advice. Never Show Or Discuss Work In Progress. Never Answer A Critic.

The Agent Never Receipts His Bill, Puts His Hat On And Bows Himself Out. He Stays Around Forever, Not Only For As Long As You Can Write Anything That Anyone Will Buy, But As Long As Anyone Will Buy Any Portion Of Any Right To Anything That You Ever Did Write. He Just Takes Ten Per Cent Of Your Life.

If People Could Deal With Each Other Honestly, They Would Not Need Agents.

Everything Written With Vitality Expresses That Vitality: There Are No Dull Subjects, Only Dull Minds.