P'morning - Think big.

Is bread and coffee better than boiled beans and fried rice?

Some writers just talk. They talk without doing anything themselves. Some unthinking people say things like, "What about the churches?"

The work of writers is writing. Writing is not about writing useless letters. They write letters for the benefit of the readers, for the benefit of the wise. It is not a reproach to writers because they do not print books and sell them. The writer should only think about whether he has fulfilled his writing duties and is doing good for the country or not.

Writers like us, if we were people in other countries, would not be able to spend as much as we want, drink as much as we want, eat as much as we want, and be poor like this. Our poverty is not because we have not fulfilled our responsibilities. It is the fault of those who slander us and love the darkness and are ignorant.

The publishers also spend money to keep the country enlightened, but since it is a country of people who do not want to come out of the darkness, they are also not rich and cannot offer the writers what they deserve.

As soon as a writer sits down to write, ideas about the world come to mind. Even if they are not businessmen, they can give new ideas and insights that can be more beneficial. A writer does not keep in mind matters that are not related to him, but writes for those who are related to that matter, and then forgets and erases them.

How can you be a good writer if you only think about irrelevant things? The things you write about are not preconceived ideas, they only appear when you write them and disappear when you finish writing them.

If I only have to find out what to write about, where can I pursue literature? A writer only has to find out where new books are published, what articles are in which newspapers, and what mistakes are in which books.

I am not thinking about the price of oil or the price of rice. However, when I have the opportunity to write about rice, I somehow find the courage to write about facts that are not visible to those who do those things. It does not mean that I have acquired omniscience. A true wise person can give advice on any subject.

If you don't know, you should ask those who know. If you don't know, you should investigate. However, the writer is only responsible for writing. He is not responsible for investigating and then going to the Magotan and gambling.

However, the thing that makes writers better than those who do these jobs is that while the gamblers involved in trading go bankrupt, the writers can't talk, can't talk, and can't become rich in Burma.

I have always written about success. Let them ask you, "Are you successful?" I dare say that no one has been more successful than me. Of the six hundred books I have written, there are probably only half a dozen that have been criticized.

The eyes of many countries are opened. Telling the truth is not boasting. It is telling the truth with the intention of making those who lack thought and reason wise. I am more successful than five thousand people. When the five thousand people, the rich people, disappear, I will not disappear, but will appear even more prominent.

I want writers like me to believe that they are more successful than the five thousand, more successful than the ICC, and to feel great while eating boiled beans and raw rice. I, on the other hand, am very happy to have green tea, boiled beans, and fried rice every morning.

The place where I live is very small and small. My body is getting fatter every day. Bald. Fat. I eat only good food. If it is not good, I will not eat, and if I eat, I will not be able to write. If I cannot write, where will I read the latest news from the country? Is bread better than boiled beans and fried rice? Is coffee better?

No. 36, Burma Journal,

6-2-1937.