I Don't Know If I Believe In

For An Author Nothing Is As Dead As A Book Once It Is Written.

If Books Were Persian Carpets, One Would Not Look Only At The Outer Side. Because It Is The Stitch That Makes A Carpet Wear, Gives It Its Life And Bloom.

It's Only By Being Obstinate That Anything Is Got, Or Done.

Of Course One Never Knows In Draft If It's Going To Turn Out, Even With My Age And Experience.

For A Dyed-in-the-wool Author Nothing Is As Dead As A Book Once It Is Written. ... She Is Rather Like A Cat Whose Kittens Have Grown Up.