Books Quote by C. S. Forester

Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of Hollywood, and I returned to England deeply moved and…

— C. S. Forester

The fools ran after me and I ran after the whores, foolish though I realized such a proceeding to be.

— C. S. Forester

A whim, a passing mood, readily induces the novelist to move hearth and home elsewhere. He can always plead work as an excuse to…

— C. S. Forester

Novel writing is far and away the most exhausting work I know.

— C. S. Forester

The lucky man is he who knows how much to leave to chance.

— C. S. Forester

A man who writes for a living does not have to go anywhere in particular, and he could rarely afford to if he wanted.

— C. S. Forester

I formed a resolution to never write a word I did not want to write; to think only of my own tastes and ideals,…

— C. S. Forester

They managed to find time... to tell me that there was no chance of my being accepted for service and that really I should…

— C. S. Forester

With two people and luggage on board she draws four inches of water. Two canoe paddles will move her along at a speed reasonable…

— C. S. Forester

When I die there may be a paragraph or two in the newspapers. My name will linger in the British Museum Reading Room catalogue…

— C. S. Forester

There is still need to think and plan, but on a different scale, and along different lines.

— C. S. Forester

The doctor who applied a stethoscope to my heart was not satisfied. I was told to get my papers with the clerk in the…

— C. S. Forester