The readers and the hearers like my books, But yet some writers cannot them digest; But what care I? For when I make a feast I would my guests should praise it, not the cooks.

Quote by John Harrington

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There is scarcely any writer who has not celebrated the happiness of rural privacy, and...

There is scarcely any writer who has not celebrated the happiness of rural privacy, and...

Every writer I know has trouble writing.

Every writer I know has trouble writing.

Like all writers, he measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking...

Like all writers, he measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking...

Whores and writers, Mahound. We are the people you can't forgive.

Whores and writers, Mahound. We are the people you can't forgive.

Politicians employ speech writers as ventriloquists.

Politicians employ speech writers as ventriloquists.

After the writer's death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.

After the writer's death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.

Every writer is a frustrated actor who recites his lines in the hidden auditorium of...

Every writer is a frustrated actor who recites his lines in the hidden auditorium of...

Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure...

Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure...

One reason the human race has such a low opinion of itself is that it...

One reason the human race has such a low opinion of itself is that it...

Our writers are full of cliches just as old barns are full of bats. There...

Our writers are full of cliches just as old barns are full of bats. There...

A catless writer is almost inconceivable. It's a perverse taste, really, since it would be...

A catless writer is almost inconceivable. It's a perverse taste, really, since it would be...

The fact that writers will go through so much to remain writers says something, perhaps...

The fact that writers will go through so much to remain writers says something, perhaps...

Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now use only four-letter words Writing prose...

Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now use only four-letter words Writing prose...

Rice Krispies happens to be one of my favorite junk foods, just as I regard...

Rice Krispies happens to be one of my favorite junk foods, just as I regard...

Every great and original writer, in proportion as he is great and original, must himself...

Every great and original writer, in proportion as he is great and original, must himself...

The test of an author is not to be found merely in the number of...

The test of an author is not to be found merely in the number of...

I never thought about being a writer as I grew up. A writer wasn't something...

I never thought about being a writer as I grew up. A writer wasn't something...

To love their country has been considered as virtue in men, whose love could not...

To love their country has been considered as virtue in men, whose love could not...