Putting pen to paper

    "My flymark handwriting is small because I am so secretive when I write books that I make it small so that no-one can read it. To me the writing of books should be secretive, the moment it is talked about it loses its virtue which is why all the things that are pressed on authors to make writing easier, quicker - dictaphones, word processors - for me would simply be impediments coming between me and what I hope to achieve. I believe, too, as the Chinese and Japanese calligraphers believe, that there is a mystique between the brain, the hand and the tool, pen, brush or scalpel; sometimes a flow is established between them, bringing a strange power ..."

    Rumer Godden, A House with Four Rooms

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[Fran H-B]

Rumer Godden- since childhood when The Dolls House was my favourite and often read book I have loved everything written by her. I have read and re- read both autobiographies, so full of wisdom.