“I had a job, I got ill, I left the job to get better, and while I was getting better, I wrote some stories. I sent them to some publishers and the fifth one who replied said they'd take them. Then they went bankrupt. Then that bankrupt publisher got bought by a bigger firm. Story: in the end is the beginning, and in the beginning is the end.” SaidEndsStoriesJobsLeftBiggerIllFirmGet BetterPublishersFifth Author:Ali Smith
“I have been asked whether it is strange when a big story and big business for you is tragedy or ill fortune for someone else; but the fact is that is how many things in life work sadly.” Has BeensFactsStoriesBigsStrangeTragedyFortuneIllThings In LifeBig Business Author:Mary Hart
“The true historian, therefore, seeking to compose a true picture of the thing acted, must collect facts and combine facts. Methods will differ, styles will differ. Nobody ever does anything like anybody else; but the end in view is generally the same, and the historian's end is truthful narration. Maxims he will have, if he is wise, never a one; and as for a moral, if he tell his story well, it will need none; if he tell it ill, it will deserve none.” IfsNeedsWellsDoeEndsFactsStoriesViewsMoralWiseStyleDeserveMethodIllSeekingHistorianTruthfulMaximsNarration Book:The collected essays & addresses of the Rt. Hon. Augustine Birrell, 1880-1920 Source: The collected essays & addresses of the Rt. Hon. Augustine Birrell, 1880-1920