Instead of asking How much damage will the work in question bring about? why not ask How much good? How much joy? – Henry Miller
The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who would chop off his limbs in order to have artificial ones which will give him no pain or trouble. – Henry Miller
All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience. – Henry Miller
The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are initiated into the mysteries. Communication then is secondary: it is perpetuation which is important. For this only one good reader is necessary. – Henry Miller