[Vwoolf] Happy birthday, Virginia Woolf--from GK

[Mark Hussey]

Thank you for this link Mary Ellen.  I will share it with Kellyanne Conway. J

 

From: Vwoolf [mailto:vwoolf-bounces+mhussey=verizon.net at lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Mary Ellen Foley
Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2017 7:36 AM
To: Stuart N. Clarke
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Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Happy birthday, Virginia Woolf--from GK

 

This rather useful site has information on the quotation, and on how it might have come to be attributed to Woolf: 

 

http://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/01/17/for-pleasure-for-money/#more-1850 

 

mef

 

On Sat, Feb 4, 2017 at 1:05 PM, Stuart N. Clarke <stuart.n.clarke at btinternet.com> wrote:

So this is what they mean about the post-truth era:

 

She [VW] said: “Writing is like sex. First you do it for love, then you do it for your friends, and then you do it for money.”

 

Stuart

 

 

 

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