Work freely and rollickingly as though you were talking to a friend who loves you. Mentally (at least three or four times a day) thumb your nose at all know-it-alls, jeerers, critics, doubters.

Olaf by the Norwegian government. Brenda Ueland (October 24 1891 - March 5 1985) was a journalist editor freelance writer and teacher of writing. She went on to marry two more times first to Manus McFadden the editor of the Minneapolis Times then to Sverre Hanssen a Norwegian artist.

She is best known for her book If You Want to Write: A Book about Art Independence and Spirit.