Roald Dahl

"A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. He has no master except his own soul, and that, I am sure, is why he does it."

Taste - 1951

"There were six of us to dinner that night at Mike Schofield's house in London. Mike and his wife and daughter, and my wife and I, and a man called Richard Pratt.

Richard Pratt was a famous gourmet. He organized dinners where sumptuous dishes and rare wines were served."

The Invisible Japanese Gentlemen - 1965

Graham Greene's The Invisible Japanese Gentlemen was first published in The Saturday Evening Post, November 20th 1965

Graham Greene

“Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those, who do not write, compose, or paint can manage to escape the madness, the melancholia, the panic fear, which is inherent in a human condition.”

Maya Angelou

"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.

Don't complain."

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - 1969

"There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside of you."