If You Would Be A Reader Read If A Writer Write

If you wish to be a writer, write.

A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.

If you would judge, understand

Whatever you are, be a good one.

Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.

Remember that you are an actor in a drama, of such a kind as the author pleases to make it.