South Yorkshire Times, November 10th, 1951
Tailpiece
A young friend of Mark Twain was bewailing his own lack of success as a writer.
“I am beginning to lose confidence in myself,” he said. “Did you ever have that feeling?”
“Yes,” said Mark Twain, “but it took a long time in coming. One day, after I had been writing for 15 years, it suddenly dawned on me that I did not possess the slightest talent for writing.”
“What did you do?”
“What did I do? I couldn’t give it up. By that time, I was famous.”