“Learn as if you were going to live forever. Live as if you were going to die tomorrow.”— Mahatma Gandhi Do you feel that since you have “arrived” as a writer, you are now a master-know all? Then hear the American statesman, George Santayana: “The wisest mind has something yet to learn.” The purport of this statement is that you would need to take advantage of other resources to continue growing as a writer. What are they? Literary Associations There are so many literary associations around.