Dorothea Brande

Who was Dorothea Brande?

Dorothea Brande was a well-respected writer and editor in New York.

She was born in Chicago and attended the University of Chicago, the Lewis Institute in Chicago, and the University of Michigan. Her book Becoming a Writer, published in 1934, is still in print and offers advice for beginning and sustaining any writing enterprise. She also wrote Wake Up and Live, published in 1936, which sold over two million copies. It was made into a musical by Twentieth Century Fox in 1937.

While she was serving as associate editor of The American Review in 1936, she married that journal's owner and editor, Seward Collins. Collins was a prominent literary figure in New York and a proponent of an American version of fascism, which he explored in The American Review.

Dorothea Collins died in New Hampshire.

Famous Quotes:

• Envisioning the end is enough to put the means in motion.
• So long as new ideas are created, sales will continue to reach new highs.
• The Wright brothers flew through the smoke screen of impossibility.
• By going over your day in imagination before you begin it, you can begin acting successfully at any moment.
• Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.
• Act boldly and unseen forces will come to your aid.
• A problem clearly stated is a problem half solved.
• The only difference between a problem and a solution is that people understand the solution.
• To guarantee success, act as if it were impossible to fail.
• All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail. That is the talisman, the formula, the command of right-about-face which turns us from failure towards success.