All C S Forester Quotes
- A whim, a passing mood, readily induces the novelist to move hearth and home elsewhere. He can always plead work as an excuse to get… Always Plead
- A man who writes for a living does not have to go anywhere in particular, and he could rarely afford to if he wanted. Afford
- I have heard of novels started in the middle, at the end, written in patches to be joined together later, but I have never felt… Desire
- Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of Hollywood, and I returned to England deeply moved and emotionally… Contrast
- Perhaps that suspicion of fraud enhances the flavor. Enhances
- Novel writing is far and away the most exhausting work I know. Exhausting
- The lucky man is he who knows how much to leave to chance. Chance
- There is no other way of writing a novel than to begin at the beginning at to continue to the end. Begin
- The work is with me when I wake up in the morning; it is with me while I eat my breakfast in bed and run… Bathe
- When I die there may be a paragraph or two in the newspapers. My name will linger in the British Museum Reading Room catalogue for… Ask
- The fools ran after me and I ran after the whores, foolish though I realized such a proceeding to be. Fool
- I must be like the princess who felt the pea through seven mattresses; each book is a pea. Book
- Novel writing wrecks homes. Home
- I formed a resolution to never write a word I did not want to write; to think only of my own tastes and ideals, without… Editors
- When a man who is drinking neat gin starts talking about his mother he is past all argument. Alcohol
- I did not ask for objections, but for comments, or helpful suggestions. I looked for more loyalty from you, Captain Hornblower.' That made the whole… Agreement
- I thank God daily for the good fortune of my birth, for I am certain I would have made a miserable peasant. Birth
- Clairvoyant, Hornblower could foresee that in a year's time, the world would hardy remember the incident. In twenty years, it would be entirely forgotten. Yet… Been
- The doctor who applied a stethoscope to my heart was not satisfied. I was told to get my papers with the clerk in the outer… Applied
- The material came bubbling up inside like a geyser or an oil gusher. It streamed up of its own accord, down my arm and out… Accord
- There is still need to think and plan, but on a different scale, and along different lines. Along
- They managed to find time... to tell me that there was no chance of my being accepted for service and that really I should be… Accepted
- With two people and luggage on board she draws four inches of water. Two canoe paddles will move her along at a speed reasonable enough… Along