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Letters: selected and edited with an introd. and notes by Howard Mumford Jones, in association with Walter B. Rideout

Book by Sherwood Anderson · 3 quotes · Men, Littles, Mean

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“The fools who write articles about me think that one morning I suddenly decided to write and began to produce masterpieces. There is no special trick about writing, or painting either. I wrote constantly for 15 years before I produced anything with any solidity to it.”

“I think that those of us who are what are called intellectuals make a terrible mistake in overvaluing the yen we have for the arts, books, etc. There is a sweet, fine quality in life that has nothing to do with this, and more and more I find myself valuing myself with those people.”