“ One always has a better book in one's mind than one can manage to get onto paper. ”
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I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter. 
I have always had more dread of a pen, a bottle of ink, and a sheet of paper than of a sword or pistol. 
Everybody does have a book in them, but in most cases that's where it should stay. 
Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work. 