As regards plots I find real life no help at all. Real life seems to have no plots. — Ivy Compton Burnett
At a certain point my novels set. They set just as hard as that jam jar. And then I know they are finished. — Ivy Compton Burnett
There is probably nothing like living together for blinding people to each other. — Ivy Compton Burnett
A leopard does not change his spots, or change his feeling that spots are rather a credit. — Ivy Compton Burnett
Well, of course, people are only human… but it really does not seem much for them to be. — Ivy Compton Burnett