Authors:
  1. Quotes
  2. Authors
  3. S
  4. Sherwood Anderson
  5. You must not become a mere peddler of words. The thing to...

You must not become a mere peddler of words. The thing to learn is to know what people are thinking about, not what they say.

Sherwood Anderson
Thinking, People, Peddler
Sherwood Anderson (2012). “Sherwood Anderson: Collected Stories: Winesburg, Ohio / The Triumph of the Egg / Horses and Men / Death in the Woods / Uncollected Stories (Library of America #235)”, p.155, Library of America
You must not become a mere peddler of words. The thing to learn is to know what people are thinking about, not what they say.