38 Quotes by Dorothea Brande

In the long run it makes little difference how cleverly others are deceived; if we are not doing what we are best equipped to do, or doing well what we have undertaken as our personal contribution to the world's work, at least by way of an earnestly followed avocation, there will be a core of unhappiness in our lives which will be more and more difficult to ignore as the years pass.

The genius keeps all his days the vividness and intensity of interest that a sensitive child feels in his expanding world.

Act as though it is impossible to fail.

Most writers flourish greatly on a simple, healthy routine with occasional time off for gaiety.

The most enviable writers are those who, quite often unanalytically and unconsciously, have realized that there are different facets to their nature and are able to live and work with now one, now the other ...

In matching your wits against yourself you take on the shrewdest and wiliest antagonist you can have, and consequently a victorious outcome in this duel of wits brings a great feeling of triumph.

Writing calls on unused muscles and involves solitude and immobility.

Act boldly and unforeseen forces will come to your aid.

Hitch your unconscious mind to your writing arm.