As a guest who doesn't eat, drink or smoke, you leave much to be desired, but as a writer, you're my girl.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm a writer; it's not just what I do, but who I am.
I'm going to book-and-author dinners, and I'm the author!
In the end, being the writer on set is a bit like having organised a big party, but you're not allowed to eat or drink anything. You just have to stand in the corner.
Some writers take to drink, others take to audiences.
I'm a writer first and a woman after.
All a writer has to do to get a woman is to say he's a writer. It's an aphrodisiac.
I am not a food critic. Or a chef. Or even a professional writer. What I am schooled in the art of, however, is enjoying myself.
Writing is a kind of performing art, and I can't sit down to write unless I'm dressed. I don't mean dressed in a suit, but dressed well and comfortably and I have to be shaved and bathed.
I think it's a terrible thing to write and not enjoy it. It's a sad thing. But of course a lot of people do work because they need to eat. And we all need to eat, but that's not the only reason to work. You couldn't have paid me not to write.
Ever since I began to compose, I have remained true to my starting principle: not to write a page because no matter what public, or what pretty girl wanted it to be thus or thus; but to write solely as I myself thought best, and as it gave me pleasure.