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I'm a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can't, and then tries the short story, which is the most demanding form after poetry. And, failing at that, only then does he take up novel writing.
The only real failure is not trying.
The novel is the most ambitious attempt to capture the human condition.
The novel is the most ambitious attempt to capture the totality of life.
The only real failure is the failure to try.
A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.
I don’t fear failure, I fear not trying.