Morley explained, "Is it trivial or absurd to apply to these imaginary characters the same close attention which is the principle of the stories themselves?" and "There is a special and superior pleasure in reading anything so much more carefully than its author ever did.""Memorandum and Introduction to "Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: A Textbook of Friendship," Christopher Morley editor, copyright 1944 by Harcourt Brace, and later published in "The Standard Doyle Company: Christopher Morley on Sherlock Holmes," edited by Steven Rothman, copyright 1990 by the Estate of Christopher Morley, pages 115, 116.
