I must go deeper and even stronger into my treasure mine and stint nothing of time, toil, or torture. Zane Grey More Quotes by Zane Grey More Quotes From Zane Grey What makes life worth living? Better surely, to yield to the stain of suicide blood in me and seek forgetfulness in the embrace of cold dark death. Zane Grey suicide dark life Love grows more tremendously full, swift, poignant, as the years multiply. Zane Grey love-grows anniversary years A good rule of angling philosophy is not to interfere with any fishermans ways of being happy, unless you want to be hated. Zane Grey sea lakes philosophy Realism is death to me. I cannot stand life as it is. Zane Grey realism I see so much more than I used to see. The effect has been to depress and sadden and hurt me terribly. Zane Grey depressing used hurt Writing was like digging coal. I sweat blood. The spell is on me. Zane Grey sweat writing blood No one connected intimately with a writer has any appreciation of his temperament, except to think him overdoing everything. Zane Grey overdoing-it appreciation thinking This motion-picture muddle had distracted me from my writing. Zane Grey motion-pictures distracted writing I am tired. My arm aches. My head boils. My feet are cold. But I am not aware of any weakness. Zane Grey tired feet hands Every once in a while I feel the tremendous force of the novel. But it does not stay with me. Zane Grey stay-with-me force doe Jealously was an unjust and stifling thing. Zane Grey stifling unjust Today I began the novel that I determined to be great. Zane Grey determined novel today I confess that reading proofs is a pleasure. It stimulates and inspires me. Zane Grey pleasure reading inspire These critics who crucify me do not guess the littlest part of my sincerity. They must be burned in a blaze. I cannot learn from them. Zane Grey burned sincerity critics Where I was raised a woman's word was law. I ain't quite outgrowed that yet. Zane Grey raised law I did not have one bad spell during writing - an unprecedented record. Zane Grey spells records writing I love my work but do not know how I write it. Zane Grey know-how knows writing I am full of fire and passion. I am not ready yet for great concentration and passion. Zane Grey concentration passion fire There are hours when I must force the novel out of my mind and be interested in the children. Zane Grey hours mind children The Indian story has never been written. Maybe I am the man to do it. Zane Grey he-man stories men