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Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.
George Orwell
Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand. George… Continue Reading →
There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature.
P. G. Wodehouse
There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature. P. G. Wodehouse
According to The New Republic, if you publish a book in Norway, the government will buy 1,000 copies and distribute them to libraries. I think the UK government should do the same. So long as a new Norwegian book passes… Continue Reading →
The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
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