Quote#Wisdom
The best of our fiction is by novelists who allow that it is as good…
Quote byJ. M. Barrie · 1860–1937
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Contemporary Review (1891).
English (original)
The best of our fiction is by novelists who allow that it is as good as they can give, and the worst by novelists who maintain that they could do much better if only the public would let them.
— J. M. Barrie
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