FROM Eugène Labiche.
Everyone writes in accordance with his inspiration and his temperament.
Some sing a gay note, others find more pleasure in making people weep.
As for me, this is my procedure:
When I have no idea, I gnaw my nails and invoke the aid of Providence.
When I have an idea, I still invoke the aid of Providence,--but with
less fervor, because I think I can get along without it.
It is quite human, but quite ungrateful.