"I write in order to attain that..." - Quote by H L Mencken
I write in order to attain that feeling of tension relieved and function achieved which a cow enjoys on giving milk.
More by H L Mencken
“There is always a well-known solution to every human problem - neat, plausible, and wrong.”
“The formula of the argument is simple and familiar: to dispose of a problem all that is necessary is to deny that it exists.”
“Every failure teaches a man something, to wit, that he will probably fail again.”
More on Writing
“Nothing has really happened until it has been recorded.”
“Everything that is written merely to please the author is worthless.”
“It's still scary every time I go back to the past. Each morning, my heart catches. When I get there, I remember how the light was, where the draft was coming from, what odors were in the air. When I write, I get all the weeping out.”
More on Creativity
“Sometimes I write about my own life. And sometimes I write about situations I see my friends going through. Sometimes I write about a scene I saw in a movie. I take inspiration from all different places.”
“An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate it, it becomes transformed by thought.”
“In our fine arts, not imitation, but creation is the aim... The details, the prose of nature, he should omit, and give us only the spirit and splendour.”