It seemed to me that I should have a desk, even though I had no real need for … - E. B. White

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By believing your work is a 'gift,' it radically changes what you create. I think this is a revolutionary idea. It's no longer about client approval or a paycheck, but aspiring to make work that has meaning and purpose in your life and for your audience.

E. B. White

It seemed to me that I should have a desk, even though I had no real need for a desk. I was afraid that if I had no desk in my room my life would seem too haphazard.

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People are, if anything, more touchy about being thought silly than they are about being thought unjust.

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Oh, I never look under the hood.

Hood, Look, Looks, Under

I’ve got a new friend, all right. But what a gamble friendship is! Charlotte is fierce, brutal, scheming, bloodthirsty—everything I don’t like. How can I learn to like her, even though she is pretty and, of course, clever?

Clever, Fierce, Like Her, New Friends, Right

There is nothing harder to estimate than a writer's time, nothing harder to keep track of. There are moments—moments of sustained creation—when his time is fairly valuable; and there are hours and hours when a writer's time isn't worth the paper he is not writing anything on.

Keep, Scary, Track, Valuable, Worth, Writing

I believe in dreams. People should have faith in the songs poets sing.

Believe, Dream, Dreams, Sing, Song