I did not ask for objections, but for comments, or helpful suggestions. I looked for more loyalty from you, Captain Hornblower.' That made the whole argument pointless. If Leighton only wanted servile agreement there was no sense in continuing.
Novel writing is far and away the most exhausting work I know. - C. S. Forester
Novel writing is far and away the most exhausting work I know.
- C. S. Forester
Novel writing wrecks homes. - C. S. Forester
Novel writing wrecks homes.
When I die there may be a paragraph or two in the newspapers. My name will linger in the British Museum Reading Room catalogue for a space at the hea… - C. S. Forester
When I die there may be a paragraph or two in the newspapers. My name will linger in the British Museum Reading Room catalogue for a space at the hea…
A man who writes for a living does not have to go anywhere in particular, and he could rarely afford to if he wanted. - C. S. Forester
A man who writes for a living does not have to go anywhere in particular, and he could rarely afford to if he wanted.
When a man who is drinking neat gin starts talking about his mother he is past all argument. - C. S. Forester
When a man who is drinking neat gin starts talking about his mother he is past all argument.
There is no other way of writing a novel than to begin at the beginning at to continue to the end. - C. S. Forester
There is no other way of writing a novel than to begin at the beginning at to continue to the end.
I formed a resolution to never write a word I did not want to write; to think only of my own tastes and ideals, without a thought of those of editors… - C. S. Forester
I formed a resolution to never write a word I did not want to write; to think only of my own tastes and ideals, without a thought of those of editors…
I must be like the princess who felt the pea through seven mattresses; each book is a pea. - C. S. Forester
I must be like the princess who felt the pea through seven mattresses; each book is a pea.
Perhaps that suspicion of fraud enhances the flavor. - C. S. Forester
Perhaps that suspicion of fraud enhances the flavor.
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