"I have thought many times since that..." - Quote by Mark Twain
I have thought many times since that if poets when they get discouraged would blow their brains out, they could write very much better when they got well.
More by Mark Twain
“What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin.”
“We despise no source that can pay us a pleasing attention.”
“The machine has several virtues... One may lean back in his chair and work it. It piles an awful stack of words on one page. It don't muss things or scatter ink blots around.”
More on Creativity
“There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.”
“... if we can imagine the art of fiction come alive and standing in our midst, she would undoubtedly bid us to break her and bullyher, as well as honour and love her, for so her youth is renewed and her sovereignty assured.”
“Every poet has trembled on the verge of science.”
More on Writing
“Hold fast to the diary from today on! Write regularly! Don't surrender! Even if no salvation should come, I want to be worthy of it every moment.”
“I don't think there's such a thing as autobiographical fiction. If I say it happened, it happened, even if only in my mind.”
“People try to force things. It's disastrous. Just leave your mind alone. Your intuition knows what it wants to write, so get out of the way.”