Trouble has no necessary connection with discouragement. Discouragement has a germ of its own, as different from trouble as arthritis is different from a stiff joint.

I avoided writers very carefully because they can perpetuate trouble as no one else can.

Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.

An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmaster of ever afterwards.

My idea is always to reach my generation. The wise writer writes for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmasters of ever afterward.

a lone male who doesn't have any direct connection to any foreign government.