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.

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Perhaps that suspicion of fraud enhances the flavor.

Perhaps that suspicion of fraud enhances the flavor.

The doctor who applied a stethoscope to my heart was not satisfied. I was told...

The doctor who applied a stethoscope to my heart was not satisfied. I was told...

They managed to find time... to tell me that there was no chance of my...

They managed to find time... to tell me that there was no chance of my...

The fools ran after me and I ran after the whores, foolish though I realized...

The fools ran after me and I ran after the whores, foolish though I realized...

I must be like the princess who felt the pea through seven mattresses; each book...

I must be like the princess who felt the pea through seven mattresses; each book...

A whim, a passing mood, readily induces the novelist to move hearth and home elsewhere....

A whim, a passing mood, readily induces the novelist to move hearth and home elsewhere....

With two people and luggage on board she draws four inches of water. Two canoe...

With two people and luggage on board she draws four inches of water. Two canoe...

When I die there may be a paragraph or two in the newspapers. My name...

When I die there may be a paragraph or two in the newspapers. My name...

Novel writing wrecks homes.

Novel writing wrecks homes.

There is still need to think and plan, but on a different scale, and along...

There is still need to think and plan, but on a different scale, and along...

The work is with me when I wake up in the morning; it is with...

The work is with me when I wake up in the morning; it is with...

I formed a resolution to never write a word I did not want to write;...

I formed a resolution to never write a word I did not want to write;...

Novel writing is far and away the most exhausting work I know.

Novel writing is far and away the most exhausting work I know.

A man who writes for a living does not have to go anywhere in particular,...

A man who writes for a living does not have to go anywhere in particular,...

The material came bubbling up inside like a geyser or an oil gusher. It streamed...

The material came bubbling up inside like a geyser or an oil gusher. It streamed...

I have heard of novels started in the middle, at the end, written in patches...

I have heard of novels started in the middle, at the end, written in patches...

I must be like the princess who felt the pea through seven mattresses; each book...

I must be like the princess who felt the pea through seven mattresses; each book...

Being a princess isn't all it's cracked up to be.

Being a princess isn't all it's cracked up to be.

Also, now as a result of that show being on, the cruise industry is just...

Also, now as a result of that show being on, the cruise industry is just...

Marry Prince William? I'd love that. Who wouldn't want to be a princess?

Marry Prince William? I'd love that. Who wouldn't want to be a princess?