FOUR HOURS’ SLEEP.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 319, 29 December 1936, Page 6

FOUR HOURS’ SLEEP.

Uncommon Energy Of 8.8. C. Official. (By Air Mail.) London, December 12. Eric Maschwitz, 35-year-old 8.8. C. director of variety, has not slept more than four hours a night or eaten more than one meal a day for 10 years. Tall, dark, very' thin, full of energy' and enthusiasm, a successful songwriter, distinguished novelist and author of a new musical show, he gives this rule as his recipe for success. “I have proved that the best way for a man to work hard and be successful is to live on one meal a day. And I don't believe that anyone needs more than four hours’ sleep at night. “I started life as a waiter in Nice at a salary of 100 francs —about £1 a week. I always wanted to be a dramatist and now 1 am achieving my ambition. “In my varied career I have been actor, assistant film director, head of a correspondence school for writers, a journalist ,a novelist, a song writer and a 8.8. C. director.’’

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