• Writing a first novel takes so much effort, with such little promise of result or reward, that it must necessarily be a labour of love bordering on madness.

    Steven Saylor: Writing a first novel takes so much effort, with such little promise of result or reward, that it must necessarily be a labour of love bordering on madness.
    "Know thy subject" by Steven Saylor, www.theguardian.com. October 5, 2002.