“So if I were talking to a young writer, I would recommend the cultivation of extreme indifference to both praise and blame because praise will lead you to vanity, and blame will lead you to self-pity, and both are bad for writers.” IfsSelfYoungTalkingPraiseBlameExtremesPityVanityIndifferenceSelf PityCultivationYoung Writers Author:John Berryman
“Praise will lead you to vanity, and blame will lead you to self-pity, and both are bad for writers.” SelfPraiseBlamePityVanitySelf Pity Author:John Berryman