C. S. Forester quotes

"I did not ask for objections, but for comments, or helpful suggestions. I looked for more loyalty from you, Captain Hornblower." That made the whole argument pointless. If Leighton only wanted servile agreement there was no sense in continuing. (C. S. Forester)
When a man who is drinking neat gin starts talking about his mother he is past all argument. View quote
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The lucky man is he who knows how much to leave to chance. View quote
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Novel writing is far and away the most exhausting work I know. View quote
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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. View quote
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Perhaps that suspicion of fraud enhances the flavor. View quote
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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. View quote
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A man who writes for a living does not have to go anywhere in particular, and he could rarely afford to if he wanted. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. (C. S. Forester)
Novel writing wrecks homes. View quote
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I must be like the princess who felt the pea through seven mattresses; each book is a pea. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I did not ask for objections, but for comments, or helpful suggestions. I looked for more loyalty from you, Captain Hornblower. View quote
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