I have said this many times, that there seems to be enough room in the world for mediocre men, but not for mediocre women, and we really have to work very, very hard.
“I've had a lot of books rejected in my time. My first novel, which didn't get published, was, with hindsight, crashingly dull.”
“Whenever I found out anything remarkable, I have thought it my duty to put down my discovery on paper, so that all ingenious people might be informed thereof.”