Most writers in the course of their careers become thick-skinned and learn to accept vituperation, which in any other profession would be unimaginably offensive, as a healthy counterpoise to unintelligent praise. Evelyn Waugh Evelyn Waugh was an English writer of novels, biographies, and travel books; he was also a prolific journalist and book reviewer. He is… Read More October 28th – Evelyn Waugh
“Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose, or paint can manage to escape the madness, melancholia, the panic and fear which is inherent in a human situation.” Graham Greene, Ways of Escape (1980) Graham Greene was born October 2nd, 1904, at Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England. The… Read More October 2nd – Graham Greene
Life will give you what you ask of here if only you ask long enough and plainly enough. Edith Nesbit was born August 15, 1858 in Kennington, Surrey in the England. Her father died when she was just four years old, and after his death her family moved around, from England to France and Spain… Read More August 15th – Edith Nesbit
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