"Being a writer in a library [...] is rather like being a eunuch in a harem."
— John Braine

January 1, 1970

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Novelists from England
Original Language: English
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German: "Ein Schriftsteller in einer Bibliothek ist etwa dasselbe wie ein Eunuch in einem Harem."

Sources

"A Talk in London With John Braine" The New York Times (7 October 1962).