Don’t Beg Anybody For Anything,

The Best Art Is Political And You Ought To Be Able To Make It Unquestionably Political And Irrevocably Beautiful At The Same Time.

When You First Start Writing-and I Think It's True For A Lot Of Beginning Writers-you're Scared To Death That If You Don't Get That Sentence Right That Minute It's Never Going To Show Up Again. And It Isn't. But It Doesn't Matter-another One Will, And It'll Probably Be Better. And I Don't Mind Writing Badly For A Couple Of Days Because I Know I Can Fix It-and Fix It Again And Again And Again, And It Will Be Better.

If We Had No Language We'd Have Nothing.

Beauty Was Not Simply Something To Behold; It Was Something One Could Do.

Would It Be All Right? Would It Be All Right To Go Ahead And Feel? Go Ahead And Count On Something?