NP quoth the Raven NCFA

[calbert at tiac.net]

>From the obituary of Simon Raven:

"I consider myself to be a professional writer, which is to say that I 
write for money........I enjoy my work, am at times absorbed by it, 
and I take a lot of trouble; but my essential aim is to do what I have 
been asked to do within the stipulated time, and to receive in return 
punctual payment in full.....If no great book was ever written in this 
attitude of mind, it has nevertheless accounted for many excellent 
productions of of the second class; and I am well aware that I do not 
belong to the first."

'In his autoboigraphical note, Mr. Raven said he was "unimpressed 
by virtue and enthusiasm" and considered Christian morality "an 
insult to the intellect."'

"On balance, I find the world an entertaining place but shall be well 
content to leave it, holding with Horace that it is unseemly in the old 
and feeble to linger at the banquet, where they merely spoil the 
pleasure of other people."

RIP Simon......


love,
cfa