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Brenda Ueland Quote: “In true courage there is always an element of choice, of an ethical choice, and of anguish, and also of action and deed. There is always a flame of spirit in it, a vision of some necessity higher than oneself.”

51. “In true courage there is always an element of choice, of an ethical choice, and of anguish, and also of action and deed. There is always a flame of spirit in it, a vision of some necessity higher than oneself.”

— Brenda Ueland

Brenda Ueland Quote: “These people who are always briskly doing something and as busy as waltzing mice, they have little, sharp, staccato ideas, such as: “I see where I can make an annual cut of $3.47 in my meat budget.” But they have no slow, big ideas.”

52. “These people who are always briskly doing something and as busy as waltzing mice, they have little, sharp, staccato ideas, such as: “I see where I can make an annual cut of $3.47 in my meat budget.” But they have no slow, big ideas.”

— Brenda Ueland

Brenda Ueland Quote: “Even if I knew for certain that I would never have anything published again, and would never make another cent from it, I would still keep on writing.”

53. “Even if I knew for certain that I would never have anything published again, and would never make another cent from it, I would still keep on writing.”

— Brenda Ueland

Brenda Ueland Quote: “Writing is the action of thinking, just as drawing is the action of seeing and composing music is the action of hearing.”

54. “Writing is the action of thinking, just as drawing is the action of seeing and composing music is the action of hearing.”

— Brenda Ueland

Brenda Ueland Quote: “Of course, in fairness, I must remind you of this: that we writers are the most lily-livered of all craftsmen. We expect more, for the most peewee efforts, than any other people.”

55. “Of course, in fairness, I must remind you of this: that we writers are the most lily-livered of all craftsmen. We expect more, for the most peewee efforts, than any other people.”

— Brenda Ueland

Brenda Ueland Quote: “So remember these two things: you are talented and you are original. Be sure of that. I say this because self-trust is one of the very most important things in writing...”

56. “So remember these two things: you are talented and you are original. Be sure of that. I say this because self-trust is one of the very most important things in writing...”

— Brenda Ueland

Brenda Ueland Quote: “The only way to write well, so that people believe what we say and are interested or touched by it, is to slough off all pretentiousness and attitudinizing.”

57. “The only way to write well, so that people believe what we say and are interested or touched by it, is to slough off all pretentiousness and attitudinizing.”

— Brenda Ueland

Brenda Ueland Quote: “In her 93 remarkable years, Brenda Ueland published six million words. She said she had two rules she followed absolutely: to tell the truth, and not to do anything she didn’t want to do.”

58. “In her 93 remarkable years, Brenda Ueland published six million words. She said she had two rules she followed absolutely: to tell the truth, and not to do anything she didn’t want to do.”

— Brenda Ueland

Brenda Ueland Quote: “Advertising companies hire the very brightest, wittiest young people to write for them. Not one single sentence of it is worth repeating. Why? Because it wasn’t meant.”

59. “Advertising companies hire the very brightest, wittiest young people to write for them. Not one single sentence of it is worth repeating. Why? Because it wasn’t meant.”

— Brenda Ueland

Brenda Ueland Quote: “If you would shut your door against the children for an hour a day and say: ‘Mother is working on her five-act tragedy in blank verse!’ you would be surprised how they would respect you. They would probably all become playwrights.”

60. “If you would shut your door against the children for an hour a day and say: ‘Mother is working on her five-act tragedy in blank verse!’ you would be surprised how they would respect you. They would probably all become playwrights.”

— Brenda Ueland

Brenda Ueland Quote: “Well, van Gogh was one of the great painters. During his life he made only 109 dollars in all on his paintings. They are now worth about two million dollars. He had a terribly hard life – loneliness, poverty, and starvation that led to insanity. And yet it was one of the greatest lives that was ever lived – the happiest, the most burningly incandescent.”

61. “Well, van Gogh was one of the great painters. During his life he made only 109 dollars in all on his paintings. They are now worth about two million dollars. He had a terribly hard life – loneliness, poverty, and starvation that led to insanity. And yet it was one of the greatest lives that was ever lived – the happiest, the most burningly incandescent.”

— Brenda Ueland

Brenda Ueland Quote: “Families are great murderers of the creative impulsive, particularly husbands.”

62. “Families are great murderers of the creative impulsive, particularly husbands.”

— Brenda Ueland

Brenda Ueland Quote: “There is that American pastime known as “kidding” – with the result that everyone is ashamed and hangdog about showing the slightest enthusiasm or passion or sincere feeling about anything.”

63. “There is that American pastime known as “kidding” – with the result that everyone is ashamed and hangdog about showing the slightest enthusiasm or passion or sincere feeling about anything.”

— Brenda Ueland

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