If I could write a story that would do for the Indian one-hundredth part what 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' did for the Negro I would be thankful the rest of my life.

If I could write a story that would do for the Indian one-hundredth part what 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' did for the Negro I would be thankful the rest of my life.

As soon as I began it seemed impossible to write fast enough – I wrote faster than I would write a letter – two thousand to three thousand words in a morning and I cannot help it.

As soon as I began it seemed impossible to write fast enough – I wrote faster than I would write a letter – two thousand to three thousand words in a morning and I cannot help it.