Patrick O’Brian : (2)

" About my books, that’s all that I think the public has, in its normal way, to know. My private life is, by definition, private. " - Patrick O'Brian

" When you’re taking a fence on a horse, you don’t think much; your body does all the thinking, and you’re over or you’re not over. It’s much the same when you are doing a tricky thing with a pen. There are times when I’m writing very, very fast. " - Patrick O'Brian