Quote by: Walter Scott

The half hour between waking and rising has all my life proved propitious to any task which was exercising my invention... It was always when I first opened my eyes that the desired ideas thronged upon me.


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Author Bio


  • NameWalter Scott
  • DescriptionScottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet
  • Aliases"Waverley," "Ivanhoe," &c., Author of,; Sir Walter Scott
  • BornAugust 15, 1771
  • DiedSeptember 21, 1832
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionWriter; Poet; Playwright; Linguist; Judge; Translator; Novelist; Musicologist