Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn. Thomas Hobbes walked much and contemplated much, and he had in the head of his staff pen and ink, and always carried a notebook in his pocket, and as soon as a thought darted, he entered it into his book, or perhaps he might have lost it. In regards to having beautiful workshops, studies, etc., one writes best in a cellar on a rainy day. But I can tell you, anyhow, I'll kill you if you quote it. He that publishes a book runs a very great hazard, since nothing can be more impossible than to compose than something that may secure the approbation of every reader.
Style is the dress of thoughts.
Shakespeare was Nature's real king, to whom the power was given to make an inkdrop scent the world forever. A classic is produced by the cooperation of the public with the author, because it is a work fit to enter into a permanent relationship with mankind. Boil her down until she simmers, Polish her until she glimmers. A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go off better than a fresh one that you've scowled upon. The test of an author is the number of passages that have taken root in younger minds.