Following on from yesterday's blog post, I came across these wise words of advice from a letter written by John Steinbeck to fellow writer and friend Dennis Murphy.
Your Only Weapon Is Your Work
"You have a harder fight now than you’ve ever had. It is tough to battle opposition and disapproval but that’s easy compared to the subtle attack of approval and flattery. There’s nothing so nice as a compliment and if it can be true it’s even nicer but also there is nothing more weakening. You’ve done well against failure. Now let’s see how you defend yourself against success. Your only weapon is your work. Take everything you can but keep your work pure and innocent and fierce.
After you have finished let them have it, but while you are doing it for God’s sake, keep your holy loneliness."
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