“There are two types of writers: those who write to support the existing system and prove and augment its legitimacy through their writings. On the other hand, there are those who critically examine society and make an attempt to restructure and reform it on the basis of fresh ideas.”

“Real writers are those who want to write, need to write, have to write.”

“1) Writers who write for other writers should write letters.”

“Emerson writes in his Journal that all men try their hands at poetry, but few know which their poems are. The poets are not those who write poems, but those who know which of the things they write are poems.”

“Some people write to make a living; others to share their insights or raise questions that will haunt their readers; others yet to understand their very souls. None of these will last. That distinction belongs to those who write only because if they did not write they would burst… These writers give expression to the divine — no matter what they write about.”

“There are two types of people in this world — those who think that there are two types of people in this world, and those who don’t.”

“Edvin is one of those persons who write to survive as writers and people; for them being a human and writer is the same thing.”

“Make no mistake, those who write long books have nothing to say.
Of course those who write short books have even less to say.”

“Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators.”

“there are two types of people in the world: those who prefer to be sad among others, and those who prefer to be sad alone.”