--- In [email protected], "Patrick Gillam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've heard it was Mark Twain (who else?) who said writing is a great way to get rich and a > terrible way to earn a living.
My favourite Mark Twain-ism had to do with my home province. Asked about a visit he made to Quebec, Twain said: you can't throw a rock in Quebec without breaking a church window. > > - Patrick Gillam > www.itellyousell.com > > --- In [email protected], "Premanand Paul Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > It is a fallacy that there is usually much money from writing books. > > There are execeptions of course, authors of mass appeal like John La > > Carre for instance, but I think even for him the money is not the > > consideration, he still works on and on, despite being rather well > > heeled, then again he is then able to donate money to causes of his > > choice, like making a major donation to his local community meeting > > hall. > > > > Then again, had I written a sychophantic gilded haliography, it would > > have cornered a niche market, even the TM movement would have stocked > > it and I'd be sailing! > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > on 9/6/05 1:06 PM, lupidus108 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > > Forget about the finer points.... this Paul fellow is into this > > > > Maharishi-bashing for the money; sales of books, possibly fees from > > > > CIA - and (very) temporary fame. > > > > > > OK Paul, tell us. Are you raking it in? How big is your yacht? ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
