Quotes by : Ngaio Marsh

You must be able to write. You must have a sense of form, of pattern, of design. You must have a respect....

Above all things -- read. Read the great stylists who cannot be copied rather than the successful writers....

We do not wait for inspiration. We work because we've jolly well got to. But when all is said and done,....

Please don't entertain for a moment the utterly mistaken idea that there is no drudgery in writing. There....

Why do you want to become an author? I will accept only one answer. If it is because you feel you can....