“People have got that ancient prejudice so firmly rooted in their heads — that one mustn't write save at I the dictation of the Holy Spirit. I tell you, writing is a business.”

Vol. I, Ch. 1 : A Man of His Day, p. 17
New Grub Street : A Novel (1891)

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English novelist 1857–1903

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“People have got that ancient prejudice so firmly rooted in their heads — that one mustn't write save at I the dictation of the Holy Spirit. I tell you, writing is a business.”

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