Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.
A. A. MilneYou gave me Christopher Robin, and then You breathed new life in Pooh. Whatever of each has left my pen Goes homing back to you. My book is ready, and comes to greet The mother it longs to see -- It would be my present to you, my sweet, If it weren't your gift to me.
A. A. MilneThis writing business. Pencils and what-not. Over-rated, if you ask me. Silly stuff. Nothing in it.
A. A. MilnePiglet was so excited at the idea of being Useful that he forgot to be frightened any more, and when Rabbit went on to say that Kangas were only Fierce during the winter months, being at other times of an Affectionate Disposition, he could hardly sit still, he was so eager to begin being useful at once.
A. A. Milne