Every great man has a woman behind him ... And every great woman has some man or other in front of her, tripping her up.
Dorothy L. SayersIt's very inconvenient being a sculptor. It's like playing the double-bass; one's so handicapped by one's baggage.
Dorothy L. SayersDo you solemnly swear never to conceal a vital clue from the reader? Do you promise to observe seemly moderation in the use of gangs, conspiracies, Super Criminals and Lunatics and utterly and forever to forswear Mysterious Poisons unknown to science? Will you honor the King's English? ... If you fail to keep your promise, may other writers steal your plots and your pages swarm with misprints.
Dorothy L. SayersTo make a precise scientific description of reality out of words is like trying to build a rigid structure out of pure quicksilver.
Dorothy L. Sayers