Letter 1.13

…I've been told now by several people that I reminded them of a character in a novel: Maugham's Razor's Edge. I don't know, as I haven't read it, but even if I had it would probably take me a book-length reply to qualify it, and even then it would be nothing more than a justification, which I don't need. To paraphrase T.S. Eliot, I must do what I must do and there's no doing anything about it…