Dorothea Brande
Dorothea Brande
Dorothea Brandewas a well-respected writer and editor in New York...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
filled mind
Man's mind is not a container to be filled but rather a fire to be kindled.
act break impossible inertia necessary spell
All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is to -- act as if it were impossible to fail.
half problem
A problem is often half-solved when it is clearly stated.
running rejection feelings
Criticism and rejection are not personal insults, but your artistic component will not know that. It will quiver and wince and run to cover, and you will have trouble in luring it out again to observe and weave tales and find words for all the thousand shades of feeling that go to make up a story.
differences people problem
The only difference between a problem and a solution is that people understand the solution.
character artist two
Most of the methods of training the conscious side of the writer-the craftsman and the critic in him- are actually hostile to the good of the artist's side; and the converse of this proposition is likewise true. But it is possible to train both sides of the character to work in harmony, and the first step in that education is to consider that you must teach yourself not as though you were one person, but two.
women feelings outcomes
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.
different able facets
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 ...
simple healthy routine
Most writers flourish greatly on a simple, healthy routine with occasional time off for gaiety.
success impossible failing
Act as though it is impossible to fail.
positive impossible failing
Act as if it were impossible to fail.
children genius world
The genius keeps all his days the vividness and intensity of interest that a sensitive child feels in his expanding world.
aids force unforeseen
Act boldly and unforeseen forces will come to your aid.
running years differences
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.