I'm peculiar that's why. I used up a year of my life trying to write a book. For some...

Charles Wills: I'm peculiar that's why. I used up a year of my life trying to write a book. For some unaccountable reason I thought somebody would want to publish it. James Ellswirth: My boy, you're not in the least peculiar. You're merely naive. Now I knew a publisher once and he made it a rule never to read a manuscript. Oh, he'd smell it and weigh it and feel it and taste it. But read it, no. Now if it smelled and felt and tasted like garbage, he'd publish it. Would you like to know the secret of success, my boy? Mediocrity! To be a rich writer, you've got to remember your three "r"s: riches, ruffians and rape.