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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... turn ( for what reasons , since I knew that all our actions were purely selfish , I did not stop to think ) and wanting to show his gratitude ( which of course he had no business to feel , for my apparent kindness was rigidly determined ) ...
... turn ( for what reasons , since I knew that all our actions were purely selfish , I did not stop to think ) and wanting to show his gratitude ( which of course he had no business to feel , for my apparent kindness was rigidly determined ) ...
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... turn of mind rather than a heaven - sent compulsion to enrich the world with works of art . When I had published a couple of novels and had a volume of short stories ready for the press , I sat down and wrote my first full - length play ...
... turn of mind rather than a heaven - sent compulsion to enrich the world with works of art . When I had published a couple of novels and had a volume of short stories ready for the press , I sat down and wrote my first full - length play ...
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... turn in order to assuage his wounded feelings . His interest is in his reaction to the work he is consider- ing , not in the reaction it has to him . There can seldom have been a greater need than now of a critic of authority , for the ...
... turn in order to assuage his wounded feelings . His interest is in his reaction to the work he is consider- ing , not in the reaction it has to him . There can seldom have been a greater need than now of a critic of authority , for the ...
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