The economy of a novelist is a little like that of a careful housewife who is unwilling to throw away anything that might perhaps serve its turn. Perhaps the comparison is closer to the Chinese cook who leaves hardly any part of a duck unserved.


From journal kept while writing A Burnt-Out Case (1959)

Graham Greene Quotes

The economy of a novelist is a little like that of a careful housewife who is unwilling to throw away anything that might perhaps serve its turn....

The economy of a novelist is a little like that of a careful housewife who is unwilling to throw away anything that might perhaps serve its turn....

The economy of a novelist is a little like that of a careful housewife who is unwilling to throw away anything that might perhaps serve its turn....

The economy of a novelist is a little like that of a careful housewife who is unwilling to throw away anything that might perhaps serve its turn....