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.

Quote by C S Forester

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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...

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...

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...

There is no other way of writing a novel than to begin at the beginning...

There is no other way of writing a novel than to begin at the beginning...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Novel writing wrecks homes.

Novel writing wrecks homes.

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...

Perhaps that suspicion of fraud enhances the flavor.

Perhaps that suspicion of fraud enhances the flavor.

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 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...

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

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

Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of...

Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of...

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,...