“If you're a freelance writer and aren't used to being ignored, neglected, and generally given short shrift, you must not have been in the business very long.”
“You must have long-range goals to keep you from being frustrated by short-range failures.”
“What we can do, we must do: we must use what we are given, and we must use it the best we can, however much or little help we have for the task. What you have been given is a hard thing--a very hard thing... But my darling, what if there were no one who could do the difficult things?”
“And so, as generally happens, those who have most give least, and those with less somehow make shrift to share.”
“Have you been writing any personal experience articles lately?" the woman asked the writer. "No," replied the writer. "I've been busy having them.”
“He that will only believe what he can fully comprehend must either have a very long head, or a very short creed.”