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I have never found, in anything outside of the four walls of my study, an enjoyment equal to sitting at my writing desk with a clean page, a new theme, and a mind awake.

I have never found, in anything outside of the four walls of my study, an enjoyment equal to sitting at my writing desk with a clean page, a new theme, and a mind awake.

Washington Irving
Wall, Writing, Mind
Washington Irving (1869). “Irving's Works”, p.382

There rise authors now and then, who seem proof against the mutability of language, because they have rooted themselves in the unchanging principles of human nature.

Washington Irving
Writing, Principles, Language
Washington Irving (2015). “The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. – The Complete Collection: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle, The Voyage, Roscoe, A Royal Poet, A Sunday in London and many more (Illustrated)”, p.133, e-artnow

I am always at a loss at how much to believe of my own stories.

Washington Irving
Believe, Writing, Loss

I consider a story merely as a frame on which to stretch my materials.

Washington Irving
Writing, Stories, Materials
Washington Irving, Charles Neider (1998). “The Complete Tales of Washington Irving”, p.27, Da Capo Press

My father died and left me his blessing and his business. His blessing brought no money into my pocket, and as to his business, it soon deserted me, for I was busy writing poetry, and could not attend to law, and my clients, though they had great respect for my talents, had no faith in a poetical attorney.

Washington Irving
Father, Writing, Blessing
Washington Irving (2015). “The Complete Travel Sketches and Memoirs of Washington Irving: Tales of The Alhambra, Abbotsford and Newstead Abby, A Tour on the Prairies & Tales of a Traveler: Autobiographical Writings, Travel Reports, Essays and Notes of the Prolific American Writer, Biographer and Historian, Author of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle and Old Christmas”, p.539, e-artnow

The literary world is made up of little confederacies, each looking upon its own members as the lights of the universe; and considering all others as mere transient meteors, doomed to soon fall and be forgotten, while its own luminaries are to shine steadily into immortality.

Washington Irving
Fall, Writing, Light
Washington Irving (1991). “Bracebridge Hall ; Tales of a Traveller ; The Alhambra”, p.467, Library of America

Others may write from the head, but he writes from the heart, and the heart will always understand him.

Washington Irving
Writing, Heart, May
Washington Irving (2014). “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories”, p.91, Penguin

Language gradually varies, and with it fade away the writings of authors who have flourished their allotted time; otherwise, the creative powers of genius would overstock the world, and the mind would be completely bewildered in the endless mazes of literature.

Washington Irving
Writing, Creative, Mind
Washington Irving (2015). “The Complete Works of Washington Irving: Short Stories, Plays, Historical Works, Poetry and Autobiographical Writings (Illustrated): The Entire Opus of the Prolific American Writer, Biographer and Historian, Including The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle, The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Bracebridge Hall and many more”, p.139, e-artnow

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