“For ten and sixpence one can buy paper enough to
write all the plays of Shakespeare — if one has a mind that way. Pianos and
models, Paris, Vienna and Berlin, masters and mistresses, are not needed by a
writer. The cheapness of writing paper is, of course, the reason why women have
succeeded as writers before they have succeeded in the other professions.” —English
novelist/essayist Virginia Woolf (1882-1941), “Professions for Women,” from The
Death of the Moth, and Other Essays (1942)Thursday, February 18, 2016
Quote of the Day (Virginia Woolf, on Why Women Succeeded More Quickly at Writing)
“For ten and sixpence one can buy paper enough to
write all the plays of Shakespeare — if one has a mind that way. Pianos and
models, Paris, Vienna and Berlin, masters and mistresses, are not needed by a
writer. The cheapness of writing paper is, of course, the reason why women have
succeeded as writers before they have succeeded in the other professions.” —English
novelist/essayist Virginia Woolf (1882-1941), “Professions for Women,” from The
Death of the Moth, and Other Essays (1942)
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