“Nothing good was learnt too swiftly. Knowledge should be a purposeful accumulance of observed experience, applied and tested to the full.”
“Universities are full of knowledge; the freshmen bring a little in and the seniors take none away, and knowledge accumulates.”
“Life is a test. A test of Character and Strength, experience is our study guide... so remember what you learn and more importantly-apply it.”
“There is nothing so easy to learn as experience and nothing so hard to apply”
“For my purpose, the non-fiction form of abstract knowledge doesn’t interest me; the final, applied form of fiction, of story, does.”
“Writing derives from an accumulation of experience. It's as if you collect facts and observations over time, like a stone to stand on. From there, imagination takes over.”