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 this particular job because it's turned out to be our particular job, and in a weird… — 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 in even the most inspired, the most noble, the most distinguished writing. Read what the great… — 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
It is a curious thing that when one speaks from the heart it is invariably in the worst of taste. — Ngaio Marsh Copy Share Image
You must be able to write. You must have a sense of form, of pattern, of design. You must have a respect for and… — Ngaio Marsh Copy Share Image
