“if you don't keep and guard and mature your force, and above all, have time and quiet to perfect your work, you will be writing things not much better than you did five years ago. ... you must write to the human heart, the great consciousness that all humanity goes to make up. Otherwise what might be strength in a writer is only crudeness, and what might be insight is only observation; sentimemnt falls to sentimentality - you can write about life, but never write life itself.” IfsWritingYearsHumansHeartMightHumanityFallForcePerfectConsciousnessFiveQuietYears AgoInsightObservationFive YearsMatureHuman HeartBetter Than YouSentimentality Author:Sarah Orne Jewett
“I am so bored with seeing stories about a mature man of 65 falling in love with a beautiful girl of 32.” MenStoriesBeautifulFallGirlSeeingFalling In LoveBoredMatureBeautiful GirlSo Bored Author:Kristin Scott Thomas
“If somebody ever says something is a mature theme, it's bound to not be. I mean, you shouldn't fall for that. You can make it sound mature, but anything that's about being mature is pretty immature.” IfsMeanFallSoundBoundsThemeMatureImmature Author:Ariel Pink