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A good deal of fun is involved in the launching of a serial. It is exciting to see one's name placarded all over London; there was a bigger space for posters in the front of buses then. Bus after bus announced my story.

— Alec Waugh The Early Years of Alec Waugh (1962)

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There comes some time an end to all things, to the good and to the bad.

The Loom of Youth (1917)

I am prepared to believe that a dry Martini slightly impairs the palate, but think what it does to the soul.

In Praise of Wine (1959)

The novelist is so often driven to write about love because he has not got enough material from other walks of life.

The actual writing of a novel is extremely hard work, but it's very hard to persuade a reader that it is.

I returned to civilian life, agreeing with Henri Murger, that the first duty of a wine was to be red, adding my own corollary that its second duty was to be Burgundy.

In Praise of Wine (1959)

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