American Writers

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    Experience cannot be transferred. We may give wise advice, but we cannot give wisdom to follow it.
    H., U.S. women’s magazine contributor. American Ladies Magazine, pp. 230-3 (May 1828)

    ... we writers are the most lily-livered of all craftsmen. We expect more, for the most peewee efforts, than any other people.
    Brenda Ueland (1891–1985)