I have from the first felt sure that the writer, when he sits down to commence his novel, should do so, not because he has to tell a story, but becau… - Anthony Trollope

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I have from the first felt sure that the writer, when he sits down to commence his novel, should do so, not because he has to tell a story, but because he has a story to tell. The novelist's first novel will generally have sprung from the right cause.