Carolina QuotesI met, not long ago, a young man who aspired to become a novelist. Knowing that I was in the profession, he asked me to tell him how he should set to work to realize his ambition. I did my best to explain. 'The first thing,' I said, 'is to buy quite a lot of paper, a bottle of ink, and a pen. After that you merely have to write.'
Aldous Huxley Connected to the Carolinas
Source
"Sermons in Cats"
- work
- Music at Night and Other Essays (1931)
- year
- 1931
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