تأليف كتاب مغامرة. في البداية يكون لعبةً وتسليةً، ثم يصير عشيقةً، ثم يصير سيّدًا، ثم يصير طاغيةً. والمرحلة الأخيرة أنك، حين توشك أن ترضى بعبوديّتك له، تقتل الوحش وتقذفه إلى الجمهور.

“Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with it is a toy and an amusement. Then it becomes a mistress, then it becomes a master, then it becomes a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster and fling him to the public.”Winston Churchill — Winston Churchill, His Wit and Wisdom: Selections from His Works and Speeches (1965)