The
writer can grow as a person or he can shrink… His curiosity, his reaction to life
must not diminish. The fatal thing is to shrink, to be interested in less,
sympathetic to less, desiccating to the point where life itself loses its
flavor, and one’s passion for human understanding changes to weariness and
distaste. Norman Mailer, Advertisements for Myself.
I
would advise anyone who aspires to a writing career that before developing his
talent he would be wise to develop a thick hide. - Harper Lee
