The Summing Up, Part 354, Volume 1The reminiscences of the author's lifetime; insight on life and art; education, discipline and training of a writer. |
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Page 69
... seen men through my own idiosyncrasies . A buoyant , optimistic , healthy and sentimental person would have seen the same people quite differently . I can only claim to have seen them coherently . Many writers seem to me not to observe ...
... seen men through my own idiosyncrasies . A buoyant , optimistic , healthy and sentimental person would have seen the same people quite differently . I can only claim to have seen them coherently . Many writers seem to me not to observe ...
Page 158
... seen them pitifully writing their own plays over and over again without an inkling that the times had changed ; I had seen others desperately attempting to capture the modern spirit and dismayed when their efforts were treated with ...
... seen them pitifully writing their own plays over and over again without an inkling that the times had changed ; I had seen others desperately attempting to capture the modern spirit and dismayed when their efforts were treated with ...
Page 168
... seen on my idle saunterings . My lack of imagination ( for imagination grows by exercise and contrary to common belief is more powerful in the mature than in the young ) obliged me to set down quite straightforwardly what I had seen ...
... seen on my idle saunterings . My lack of imagination ( for imagination grows by exercise and contrary to common belief is more powerful in the mature than in the young ) obliged me to set down quite straightforwardly what I had seen ...
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