I think all artists, even the great ones, are combinations of arrogance and innocence. As life goes on we may lose one or the other in some proportio… - Hortense Calisher

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I think all artists, even the great ones, are combinations of arrogance and innocence. As life goes on we may lose one or the other in some proportion. To function best one must have both. Once I began to write, though, I learned that the ambition can only phrase itself in the book. There’s such an enormous difference in the writer being, and the writer doing.