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But then, what have you in common with the child
of five whose photograph your mother keeps on the
mantelpiece? Nothing, except that you happen to be the
same person.

is bound to be a failure, every book is
a failure, but I know with some clarity what kind of book I
want to write.

His subject-matter will
be determined by the age he lives in – at least this is true in
tumultuous, revolutionary ages like our own – but before he
ever begins to write he will have acquired an emotional
attitude from which he will never completely escape