I've no desire to be ill-dressed; but I hate the feeling that I daren't be ill-dressed if I want to. — John Braine Copy Share Image
“If the original of any of your characters would win a libel case against you, you have failed to create a real character.” — John Braine Copy Share Image
It isn't that inspiration doesn't exist, but it comes only with writing. — John Braine Copy Share Image
To be shockingly original with your first novel, you don’t have to discover a new technique: Simply write about people as they are and… — John Braine Copy Share Image
Solitude and quiet are highly desirable, but the lack of them is no barrier to writing... The will to work builds all the seclusion… — John Braine Copy Share Image
There isn't, unfortunately, any way of discovering whether you can write a publishable novel except by writing it. — John Braine Copy Share Image
Writing's not always a pleasure to me, but if I'm not writing every other pleasure loses its savour. — John Braine Copy Share Image
I've no desire to be ill-dressed; but I hate the feeling that I daren't be ill-dressed if I want to. — John Braine Copy Share Image
