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The writer follows a profession which is glamorous but hollow: he is merely a manipulator of words. But it is hollow only if his words come out of no facts, if they are nothing but babble. It is only when his experience of living is rich, wide, and vertically cross-sectioned, or when his mind touches deep sources by its power of concentration, that his words are loaded with content and his readers are enriched with inspiration.

-- Notebooks Category 14: The Arts in Culture > Chapter 4 : Reflections On Specific Arts > # 144