A novel which has been too much worked over often goes flat, and no amount of laborious revision can take the place of careful planning beforehand.
Sheila Kaye-SmithI am old enough to see how little I have done in so much time, and how much I have to do in so little.
Sheila Kaye-SmithLife justified itself. It might be cruel, treacherous, ironic, but it was life, and pain was as much a part of it as joy.
Sheila Kaye-SmithThe majority of human beings do not turn to God because they have not enough happiness but because happiness is not enough.
Sheila Kaye-Smith