The one thing which seems to me quite impossible is to take into consideration the kind of book one is expected to write; surely one can only write the book that is there to be written. (Letter to Muriel St. Clare Byrne, 8 September 1935)
タグ: writing, selling-out, self-expression, pandering, on-writing, integrity, honesty, expectations, creative-process

"Dorothy L. Sayers"の他の名言

How fleeting are all human passions compared to the massive continuity of ducks.
タグ: humor, life
As I grow older and older, And totter toward the tomb, I find that I care less and less, Who goes to bed with whom.
タグ: bed, who, grow, care
I always have a quotation for everything - it saves original thinking.
タグ: original, everything, always, thinking
Paradoxical as it may seem, to believe in youth is to look backward; to look forward we must believe in age.
タグ: youth, look, believe, age
A human being must have occupation, of he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world.
タグ: human-being, being, she, world
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