The life of a writer, whatever he might fancy to the contrary, was not so much a state of composition, as a state of warfare.


The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1762)


The life of a writer, whatever he might fancy to the contrary, was not so much a state of composition, as a state of warfare.

The life of a writer, whatever he might fancy to the contrary, was not so much a state of composition, as a state of warfare.

The life of a writer, whatever he might fancy to the contrary, was not so much a state of composition, as a state of warfare.

The life of a writer, whatever he might fancy to the contrary, was not so much a state of composition, as a state of warfare.