You must be able to write. You must have a sense of form, of pattern, of design. You must have a respect for and a mastery over words. — Ngaio Marsh Copy Share Image
if you go through life looking for insults, you may be comfortably assured of finding them. — Ngaio Marsh Copy Share Image
Above all things-read. Read the great stylists who cannot be copied rather than the successful writers who must not be copied. — Ngaio Marsh Copy Share Image
Why do you want to become an author? I will accept only one answer. If it is because you feel you can write better… — Ngaio Marsh Copy Share Image
We do not wait for inspiration. We work because we've jolly well got to. But when all is said and done, we toil at… — Ngaio Marsh Copy Share Image
You may be able to write a novel, you may not. You will never know until you have worked very hard indeed and written… — Ngaio Marsh Copy Share Image
“There are people to whom one need not show off. It’s a great comfort sometimes.” — Ngaio Marsh Copy Share Image
“Please don't entertain for a moment the utterly mistaken idea that there is no drudgery in writing. There is a great deal of drudgery… — Ngaio Marsh Copy Share Image
“She's extremely common, but that doesn't matter. Lots of common people are charming. Like bounders. I believe no woman ever falls passionately in love… — Ngaio Marsh Copy Share Image
