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C. S. Forester quotes

English Novelist July 27, 1899 – April 2, 1966

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C. S. Forester quote: "I thank God daily for the good fortune of my birth, for I am..."
I thank God daily for the good fortune of my birth, for I am certain I would have made a miserable peasant. C. S. Forester
Clairvoyant, Hornblower could foresee that in a year's time, the world would hardy remember the incident. In twenty years, it would be entirely forgotten. Yet those headless corpses up there in Muzillac; those shattered redcoats; those Frenchmen caught in the four-pounder's blast of canister -- they were as dead as if it had been a day in which history had been changed. C. S. Forester
A whim, a passing mood, readily induces the novelist to move hearth and home elsewhere. He can always plead work as an excuse to get him out of the clutches of bothersome hosts. C. S. Forester
The work is with me when I wake up in the morning; it is with me while I eat my breakfast in bed and run through the newspaper, while I shave and bathe and dress. C. S. Forester
With two people and luggage on board she draws four inches of water. Two canoe paddles will move her along at a speed reasonable enough in moderate currents. C. S. Forester
Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of Hollywood, and I returned to England deeply moved and emotionally worn out. C. S. Forester
They managed to find time... to tell me that there was no chance of my being accepted for service and that really I should be surprised to still be alive. C. S. Forester
C. S. Forester quote: "When a man who is drinking neat gin starts talking about his..."
When a man who is drinking neat gin starts talking about his mother he is past all argument. C. S. Forester
When I die there may be a paragraph or two in the newspapers. My name will linger in the British Museum Reading Room catalogue for a space at the head of a long list of books for which no one will ever ask. C. S. Forester
C. S. Forester quote: "Novel writing is far and away the most exhausting work I know."
Novel writing is far and away the most exhausting work I know. C. S. Forester
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. C. S. Forester
I did not ask for objections, but for comments, or helpful suggestions. I looked for more loyalty from you, Captain Hornblower.'That made the whole argument pointless. If Leighton only wanted servile agreement there was no sense in continuing... C. S. Forester
C. S. Forester quote: "I must be like the princess who felt the pea through seven..."
I must be like the princess who felt the pea through seven mattresses; each book is a pea. C. S. Forester
C. S. Forester quote: "Novel writing wrecks homes."
Novel writing wrecks homes. C. S. Forester
The doctor who applied a stethoscope to my heart was not satisfied. I was told to get my papers with the clerk in the outer hall. I was medically rejected. C. S. Forester

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