A novelist who writes nothing for 10 years finds his reputation rising. Because I keep on producing books they say there must be something wrong with this fellow.
Source: In The Observer, 'Sayings of the Week', 21 Sept 1969.
-- J B Priestley, (Sep 13 1894-1984), English author, dramatist; He wrote Angel Pavement, Literature and Western Man, and The Edwardians.