Georgette Heyer Quotes About Writing

Quotes about: Writing

• I think myself I ought to be shot for writing such nonsense.... But it's unquestionably good escapist literature and I think I should rather like it if I were sitting in an air-raid shelter or recovering from flu.

  Georgette Heyer

  Writing, Thinking, Air

  "Georgette Heyer, queen of Regency romance, honoured with blue plaque" by Alison Flood, www.theguardian.com. June 05, 2015.

• Did you imagine that you would make me believe ill of Sophy with your foolish and spiteful letter!' he demanded. 'You have tried to set me against her from the outset, but you over-reached yourself today, my girl! How dared you write in such terms to me! How could you have been so crassly stupid as to suppose that Sophy could ever need your countenance to set her right in the eyes of the world, or that I would believe one word of slander against her?

  Georgette Heyer

  Girl, Stupid, Believe

  Georgette Heyer (2011). “The Grand Sophy”, p.324, Random House

• Judging from the letters I've received from obviously feeble-minded persons who wish I would write another These Old Shades, it ought to sell like hot cakes.

  Georgette Heyer

  Writing, Cake, Judging

  "The Private World of Georgette Heyer". Book by Jane Hodge, 2011.

• Spread the glad tidings that it will not disappoint Miss Heyer's many admirers. Judging from the letters I've received from obviously feeble-minded persons who do so wish I would write another These Old Shades, it ought to sell like hot cakes. I think myself I ought to be shot for writing such nonsense, but it's questionably good escapist literature and I think I should rather like it if I were sitting in an air-raid shelter, or recovering from flu. Its period detail is good; my husband says it's witty---and without going to these lengths, I will say that it is very good fun.

  Georgette Heyer

  Witty, Fun, Husband

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