To me, all the juice of a book is in an unpublished manuscript, and the published book is like a dead tree — just good for cutting up and building your house with.


Miss Herbert: The Suburban Wife (1977)

Christina Stead Quotes

To me, all the juice of a book is in an unpublished manuscript, and the published book is like a dead tree — just good for cutting up and building...

To me, all the juice of a book is in an unpublished manuscript, and the published book is like a dead tree — just good for cutting up and building...

To me, all the juice of a book is in an unpublished manuscript, and the published book is like a dead tree — just good for cutting up and building...

To me, all the juice of a book is in an unpublished manuscript, and the published book is like a dead tree — just good for cutting up and building...