Such A Lovely Audience
I'm nearly finished reading a biography of P.G. Wodehouse aptly titled Wodehouse: A Life, by Robert McCrum. Wodehouse did not lead a fascinating life by any stretch of the imagination. His day to day existence was actually remarkably mundane, with changes in settings and events unfolding around him providing most of the real interest. Still, it is always enlightening to discover what kind of life noted writers have lived as well as their views on writing itself. Here's a classic from Wodehouse that I particularly enjoyed:
"I know those blank periods when the idea of writing just seems silly and you wonder why you ever started the thing...my trouble [is] a sort of scornful loathing for the reading public. One feels what's the use of strewing one's pearls for these swine?"
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