Only amateurs say that they write for their own amusement. Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is a combination of ditch-digging, mountain-climbing, treadmill and childbirth. Writing may be interesting, absorbing, exhilarating, racking, relieving. But amusing? Never!


A Peculiar Treasure: An Autobiography (1939)


Only amateurs say that they write for their own amusement. Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is a combination of ditch-digging,...

Only amateurs say that they write for their own amusement. Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is a combination of ditch-digging,...

Only amateurs say that they write for their own amusement. Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is a combination of ditch-digging,...

Only amateurs say that they write for their own amusement. Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is a combination of ditch-digging,...