Sherwood Anderson

"Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this."

"The object of art is not to reproduce reality, but to create a beautiful object."

"Everyone in the world is seeking for love."

"Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon."

"In the last analysis no one can explain anything to another."

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time."

"I am a man of the people, and I know the people."

"The proper function of a man is to live, not to exist."

"Writers are made, not born."

"The chief disease of our age is nervousness."

"I want to write something sensuous."

"The true history of my life is contained in my books."

"Failure is the only portal to success."

"The American writer cannot sit back comfortably in a success."

"Truth is something we have to live with and discover."

"There is something haunting in the light of the moon."

"Real freedom begins with what you are willing to surrender."

"Creativity is the greatest rebellion in existence."

"The successful businessman is the one who can give himself to his work."

"America is always ready to find genius in a man."

"I have learned that to be with those I like is enough."

"Hunger is a powerful motivator."

"The thing that makes a creative person is to be creative."

"Everyone tries to create a version of life that makes sense to him."

"In every man there is something that makes him want to tell lies."

"The writer's world is a lonely place."

"Teaching is the one profession that creates all other professions."

"Money is a funny thing."

"The man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd."

"There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed."