A Problem Is Often Half-solved

Fiction Supplies The Only Philosophy That May Readers Know; It Establishes Their Ethical, Social, And Material Standards; It Confirms Them In Their Prejudices Or Opens Their Minds To A Wider World.

All That Is Necessary To Break The Spell Of Inertia And Frustration Is This: Act As If It Were Impossible To Fail. That Is The Talisman, The Formula, The Command Of Right-about-face Which Turns Us From Failure Towards Success.

Most Of The Methods Of Training The Conscious Side Of The Writer-the Craftsman And The Critic In Him- Are Actually Hostile To The Good Of The Artist's Side; And The Converse Of This Proposition Is Likewise True. But It Is Possible To Train Both Sides Of The Character To Work In Harmony, And The First Step In That Education Is To Consider That You Must Teach Yourself Not As Though You Were One Person, But Two.

The Only Difference Between A Problem And A Solution Is That People Understand The Solution.

Act As Though It Is Impossible To Fail.