C. S. Forester Writing Quotations

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 a thought of those of editors or publishers.

Novel writing wrecks homes.

There is no other way of writing a novel than to begin at the beginning at to continue to the end.

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

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