Scott took LITERATURE so solemnly. He never understood that it was just writing as well as you can and finishing what you start.

It's enough for you to do it once for a few men to remember you. But if you do it year after year, then many people remember you and they tell it to their chil…

I started out very quiet and I beat Mr. Turgenev. Then I trained hard and I beat Mr. de Maupassant. I've fought two draws with Mr. Stendhal, and I think I had …

Do you remember how old Ford was always writing how Conrad suffered so when he wrote? How it was un metier de chien etc. Do you suffer when you write? I don't …