"I had no say in the matter; the thing demanded of me that I should do it, and I had to do it.

Some must write from their own experience, they can make nothing of anything else; but it is to me like a chariot that won't budge; I have to assume a character, Grizel, and then away we go.

I don't attempt to explain how I write, I hate to discuss it; all I know is that those who know how it should be done can never do it.

London is overrun with such, and everyone of them is as cock-sure as you.

You have taken everything else, Grizel; surely you might leave me my books." Yes, everything else, or nearly so.