Graham Chapman said this quote
“ Michael Palin : I am sorry to interrupt you there Dennis, but he's crossed it out. Thomas Hardy here on the first day of his new novel has crossed out the only word he has written so far and he is gazing off into space. Ohh! Oh dear he's signed his name again.Graham Chapman: It looks like Tess of the D'Urbervilles all over again.- Matching Tie and Handkerchief, Novel Writing ”