Whatever the reviewers feel about 'The Casual Vacancy', it is what I wanted it to be, and you can't say fairer than that as a writer.J. K. Rowling
The thing about the 600 words, I mean some day, you can do a very, very, very hard day's work and not write a word, just revising, or you would scribble a few words.J. K. Rowling
Even those who write against fame wish for the fame of having written well, and those who read their works desire the fame of having read them.Blaise Pascal
There are some who speak well and write badly. For the place and the audience warm them, and draw from their minds more than they think of without that warmth.Blaise Pascal
The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter.Blaise Pascal
I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had the time to make it shorter.Blaise Pascal