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- “The artist is a member of the leisured classes who cannot pay for his leisure.”Cyril Connolly
- “Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.”Cyril Connolly
- “A best-seller is the golden touch of mediocre talent.”Cyril Connolly
- “Hate is the consequence of fear; we fear something before we hate it; a child who fears noises becomes a man…”Cyril Connolly
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Books by Cyril Connolly
Unquiet Grave a Word Cycle
1973
Enemies of promise and other essays
1960