Writings Of Schopenhauer On Various Themes Vol. 1

"...There are, first of all, two kinds of authors: those who write for the subject's sake, and those who write for writing's sake. The first kind have had thoughts or expe-riences which seem to them worth communicating, while the second kind need money and consequently write for money. They think in order to write, and they may be recognised by their spinning out their thoughts to the greatest possible length, and also by the way they work out their thoughts, which are half-true, perverse, forced, and vacillating; then also by their love of eva-sion, so that they may seem what they are not; and this is why their writing is lacking in definiteness and clearness..."