A writer wants something more than money for his work: he wants permanence.
Interpretation
Writers seek enduring recognition and impact beyond just financial compensation for their work.
This quote by A. A. Milne expresses the sentiment that writers are motivated not only by financial gain but by the desire for their work to leave a lasting mark on the world. The pursuit of permanence indicates a wish for their stories, ideas, and creativity to resonate with future generations, achieving a kind of immortality through art and literature.
In practice
This quote can be used during a writing workshop to inspire aspiring authors.
And how are you?" said Winnie-the-Pooh. Eeyore shook his head from side to side. "Not very how," he said. "I don't seem to have felt at all how for a long time." "Dear, dear," said Pooh, "I'm sorry about that. Let's have a look at you.
Piglet was so excited at the idea of being Useful that he forgot to be frightened any more, and when Rabbit went on to say that Kangas were only Fierce during the winter months, being at other times of an Affectionate Disposition, he could hardly sit still, he was so eager to begin being useful at once.
Time is swift, it races by; Opportunities are born and die... Still you wait and will not try - A bird with wings who dares not rise and fly.
Did I miss?" you asked. "You didn't exactly miss," said Pooh, "But you missed the balloon." "I'm so sorry," you said, and you fired again, and this time you hit the balloon and the air came slowly out, and Winnie-the-Pooh floated down to the ground.
Come, come, come. Without a monster or two it's not a quest, merely a gaggle of friends wandering about.
Friendship," said Christopher Robin, "is a very comforting thing to have.
Who is Katharine Hepburn? It took me a long time to create that creature.
And I want to rise up, throw my arms open for a vast embrace, address an ample, luminous discourse to the invisible crowds. I would start like this: "O rainbow-colored gods. . .
Style ain't nothing but keeping the same idea from beginning to end. Everybody got it.
For a creative writer possession of the 'truth' is less important than emotional sincerity.
A thimbleful of red is redder than a bucketful.
Supreme serenity still remains the Ideal of great Art. The shapes and transitory forms of life are but stages toward this Ideal, which Christ's religion illuminates with His divine light.
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