It's very rare that a character comes to mind complete in himself. He needs additional traits that I often pick from actual people. One way you can cover your tracks is to change the sex.
A man can spend his whole existence never learning the simple lesson that he has only one life and that if he fails to do what he wants with it, nobo… - Louis Auchincloss
A man can spend his whole existence never learning the simple lesson that he has only one life and that if he fails to do what he wants with it, nobo…
- Louis Auchincloss
A neurotic can perfectly well be a literary genius, but his greatest danger is always that he will not recognize when he is dull. - Louis Auchincloss
A neurotic can perfectly well be a literary genius, but his greatest danger is always that he will not recognize when he is dull.
There is a charm, even for homely things, in perfect maintenance. - Louis Auchincloss
There is a charm, even for homely things, in perfect maintenance.
We were not as rich as the Rockefellers or Mellons, but we were rich enough to know how rich they were. - Louis Auchincloss
We were not as rich as the Rockefellers or Mellons, but we were rich enough to know how rich they were.
Novels must have verisimilitude, and truth has little enough of that. - Louis Auchincloss
Novels must have verisimilitude, and truth has little enough of that.
I don't give a damn what people think. - Louis Auchincloss
I don't give a damn what people think.
The only thing that keeps a man going is energy. And what is energy but liking life? - Louis Auchincloss
The only thing that keeps a man going is energy. And what is energy but liking life?
To most readers the word 'fiction' is an utter fraud. They are entirely convinced that each character has an exact counterpart in real life and that … - Louis Auchincloss
To most readers the word 'fiction' is an utter fraud. They are entirely convinced that each character has an exact counterpart in real life and that …
Keep doing good deeds long enough, and you'll probably turn out a good man in spite of yourself. - Louis Auchincloss
Keep doing good deeds long enough, and you'll probably turn out a good man in spite of yourself.
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