I must be like the princess who felt the pea through seven mattresses; each book is a pea. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes book felt mattress
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 a space at the head of a long list of books for which no one will ever ask. C. S. Forester bookbritishcatalogue share on social
There is no other way of writing a novel than to begin at the beginning at to continue to the end. C. S. Forester begincontinueend Change image and share on social
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 surprised to still be alive. C. S. Forester acceptalivechance Change image and share on social
As a kid, I pretty much got nothing but scorn, and occasionally active animus, for writing fantasy and squirreling it away in my closet and, later, under the mattress supports in my bed. Sherwood Smith activeanimusbed Change image and share on social
Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle. Mike Tyson beginbookcycle Change image and share on social
My feeling for reality TV isn't ironic, guilty, or apologetic. Reality TV is one of the few remaining modes of popular entertainment in which characterization is permitted as plot. Andrea Seigel apologeticcharacterizationentertainment Change image and share on social