Shawn

“Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best-seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.”
― Flannery O'Connor

“The good artist believes that nobody is good enough to give him advice. He has supreme vanity. No matter how much he admires the old writer, he wants to beat him.”
― William Faulkner

“I don't want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did.”
― Henry James

“To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.”
― Herman Melville