Our time on earth is short and should be enjoyed. You should leave this dream behind and go find something else to do with your life. - P197
Then Ford smiled and added, almost as an afterthought: "However, I will say this. If you happen to discover, after a few years away from writing, that you have found nothing that takes its place in your life—nothing that fascinates you, or moves you, or inspires you to the same degree that writing once did . . . well, then, sir, I’m afraid you will have no choice but to persevere." - P197
Nature provides the seed; man provides the garden; each is grateful for the other’s help. - P203
Heaven forbid anyone should enjoy their chosen vocation. - P208
Trusting in nothing but suffering is a dangerous path, though. - P209
"Any artist who is an alcoholic is an artist despite their alcoholism, not because of it." - P211
I believe that our creativity grows like sidewalk weeds out of the cracks between our pathologies—not from the pathologies themselves. - P211
People have a strange trust in their devils, indeed. - P212
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