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C S Forester Quotes

Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of Hollywood, and I returned to England deeply moved and emotionally worn out Picture Quote #1

The lucky man is he who knows how much to leave to chance Picture Quote #1

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 head of a long list of books for which no one will ever ask Picture Quote #1

Novel writing is far and away the most exhausting work I know Picture Quote #1

Novel writing wrecks homes Picture Quote #1

Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of Hollywood, and I returned to England deeply moved and emotionally worn out Picture Quote #1

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With two people and luggage on board she draws four inches of water. Two canoe paddles will move her along at a speed reasonable enough in moderate currents Picture Quote #1

They managed to find time. To tell me that there was no chance of my being accepted for service and that really I should be surprised to still be alive Picture Quote #1

There is still need to think and plan, but on a different scale, and along different lines Picture Quote #1

The fools ran after me and I ran after the whores, foolish though I realized such a proceeding to be Picture Quote #1

The doctor who applied a stethoscope to my heart was not satisfied. I was told to get my papers with the clerk in the outer hall. I was medically rejected Picture Quote #1

The material came bubbling up inside like a geyser or an oil gusher. It streamed up of its own accord, down my arm and out of my fountain pen in a torrent of six thousand words a day Picture Quote #1

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There is no other way of writing a novel than to begin at the beginning at to continue to the end Picture Quote #1

The work is with me when I wake up in the morning; it is with me while I eat my breakfast in bed and run through the newspaper, while I shave and bathe and dress Picture Quote #1

I have heard of novels started in the middle, at the end, written in patches to be joined together later, but I have never felt the slightest desire to do this Picture Quote #1

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 or publishers Picture Quote #1

A whim, a passing mood, readily induces the novelist to move hearth and home elsewhere. He can always plead work as an excuse to get him out of the clutches of bothersome hosts Picture Quote #1

A man who writes for a living does not have to go anywhere in particular, and he could rarely afford to if he wanted Picture Quote #1

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I must be like the princess who felt the pea through seven mattresses; each book is a pea Picture Quote #1

When a man who is drinking neat gin starts talking about his mother he is past all argument Picture Quote #1

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Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of Hollywood, and I returned to England deeply moved and emotionally worn out. (C S Forester Quotes) The lucky man is he who knows how much to leave to chance (C S Forester Quotes) 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 head of a long list of books for which no one will ever ask (C S Forester Quotes) Novel writing is far and away the most exhausting work I know (C S Forester Quotes) Novel writing wrecks homes (C S Forester Quotes) Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of Hollywood, and I returned to England deeply moved and emotionally worn out (C S Forester Quotes) With two people and luggage on board she draws four inches of water. Two canoe paddles will move her along at a speed reasonable enough in moderate currents (C S Forester Quotes) They managed to find time. To tell me that there was no chance of my being accepted for service and that really I should be surprised to still be alive (C S Forester Quotes) There is still need to think and plan, but on a different scale, and along different lines (C S Forester Quotes) The fools ran after me and I ran after the whores, foolish though I realized such a proceeding to be (C S Forester Quotes) The doctor who applied a stethoscope to my heart was not satisfied. I was told to get my papers with the clerk in the outer hall. I was medically rejected (C S Forester Quotes) The material came bubbling up inside like a geyser or an oil gusher. It streamed up of its own accord, down my arm and out of my fountain pen in a torrent of six thousand words a day (C S Forester Quotes) There is no other way of writing a novel than to begin at the beginning at to continue to the end (C S Forester Quotes) The work is with me when I wake up in the morning; it is with me while I eat my breakfast in bed and run through the newspaper, while I shave and bathe and dress (C S Forester Quotes) I have heard of novels started in the middle, at the end, written in patches to be joined together later, but I have never felt the slightest desire to do this (C S Forester Quotes) 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 or publishers (C S Forester Quotes) A whim, a passing mood, readily induces the novelist to move hearth and home elsewhere. He can always plead work as an excuse to get him out of the clutches of bothersome hosts (C S Forester Quotes) 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 Quotes) I must be like the princess who felt the pea through seven mattresses; each book is a pea (C S Forester Quotes) When a man who is drinking neat gin starts talking about his mother he is past all argument (C S Forester Quotes)