[The writer] wants both to do the best possible work and also to reach the largest possible audience. The result is a fairly normal condition of discouragement.
Mary Roberts Rinehart[On the Irish:] Strange race ... Don't know what they want, but want it like the devil.
Mary Roberts RinehartSome day some one will write a book about that frantic search of the creative worker for silence and freedom, not only from interruption but from the fear of interruption.
Mary Roberts Rinehart