“Put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a writer. But an author is one who can judge his own stuff's worth, without pity, and destroy most of it." (Casual Chance, 1964)” WritingCreative ProcessEditingSelf Criticism Author:Colette
“The writer who loses his self-doubt, who gives way as he grows old to a sudden euphoria, to prolixity, should stop writing immediately: the time has come for him to lay aside his pen.” WritingCreative ProcessSelf DoubtSelf SatisfactionProlixity Book:Earthly Paradise Source: Earthly Paradise