If You Believe You Can

You Don't Have Conversations With Microprocessors. You Tell Them What To Do, Then Helplessly Watch The Disaster When They Take You Literally!

In All Of History, We Have Found Just One Cure For Error—a Partial Antidote Against Making And Repeating Grand, Foolish Mistakes, A Remedy Against Self-deception. That Antidote Is Criticism.

A Neurosis Defends Itself By Coming Up With Rationalizations To Explain Away Bizarre Behavior.

In The End, The Work Of Diplomats Continues Even While Others Fight. So, It's Not Necessarily True That Everyone Needs To March.

Beware Of Self-indulgence. The Romance Surrounding The Writing Profession Carries Several Myths: That One Must Suffer In Order To Be Creative; That One Must Be Cantankerous And Objectionable In Order To Be Bright; That Ego Is Paramount Over Skill; That One Can Rise To A Level From Which One Can Tell The Reader To Go To Hell. These Myths, If Believed, Can Ruin You. If You Believe You Can Make A Living As A Writer, You Already Have Enough Ego.