Never will I make that extra effort to live according to reality which alone makes good writing possible: hence the manic-depressiveness of my style,… - Cyril Connolly

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Never will I make that extra effort to live according to reality which alone makes good writing possible: hence the manic-depressiveness of my style, — which is either bright, cruel and superficial; or pessimistic; moth-eaten with self-pity