Jerome K. Jerome (1859–1927) English humorist
On The Art of Making Up One's Mind <br class="br"> The Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1915/1915-h/1915-h.htm (1898)
“… I begin with songs. They provide a sort of skeleton grammar for me to flesh out. Songs of longing for future tense, songs of regret for past tense, and songs of love for present tense.”
Source: The Sparrow
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