Yes, I get dry spells. Sometimes I can't turn out a thing for three months. When one of those spells comes on I quit trying to work and go out and see something of life. You can't write a story that's got any life in it by sitting at a writing table and thinking. You've got to get out into the streets, into the crowds, talk with people, and feel the rush and throb of real life-that's the stimulant for a story writer.
Bolivar cannot carry double - O. Henry
Bolivar cannot carry double
- O. Henry
I'll give you the whole secret to short story writing. Here it is. Rule 1: Write stories that please yourself. There is no Rule 2. - O. Henry
I'll give you the whole secret to short story writing. Here it is. Rule 1: Write stories that please yourself. There is no Rule 2.
If a person has lived through war, poverty and love, he has lived a full life - O. Henry
If a person has lived through war, poverty and love, he has lived a full life
No friendship is an accident. - O. Henry
No friendship is an accident.
Write what you like; there is no other rule. - O. Henry
Write what you like; there is no other rule.
The true adventurer goes forth aimless and uncalculating to meet and greet unknown fate. - O. Henry
The true adventurer goes forth aimless and uncalculating to meet and greet unknown fate.
A good story is like a bitter pill, with the sugar coating inside of it. - O. Henry
A good story is like a bitter pill, with the sugar coating inside of it.
Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating. - O. Henry
Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.
We can't buy one minute of time with cash; if we could, rich people would live longer. - O. Henry
We can't buy one minute of time with cash; if we could, rich people would live longer.
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