I write every paragraph four times - once to get my meaning down, once to put in anything I have left out, once to take out anything that seems unnecessary, and once to make the whole thing sound as if I had only just thought of it.
Margery AllinghamI am one of those people who are blessed, or cursed, with a nature which has to interfere. If I see a thing that needs doing I do it
Margery AllinghamWhen the habitually even-tempered suddenly fly into a passion, that explosion is apt to be more impressive than the outburst of the most violent amongst us.
Margery Allingham