You Can Not Be Honest With Others, If You Are Not First Honest With Yourself.
[O]ne can scarcely be frightened off writing what one wants to write for fear an obscure reviewer should patronise one on that account.
The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers. Vol. 1, 1899-1936: The Making of a Detective Novelist
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[O]ne can scarcely be frightened off writing what one wants to write for fear an obscure reviewer should patronise one on that account.
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