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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... whole truth about himself . It is not only vanity that has prevented those who have tried to reveal themselves to the world from telling the whole truth ; it is direction of interest ; their disappoint- ment with themselves , their ...
... whole truth about himself . It is not only vanity that has prevented those who have tried to reveal themselves to the world from telling the whole truth ; it is direction of interest ; their disappoint- ment with themselves , their ...
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... whole he satisfies his patrons , so the writer's books will not be read unless on the whole they interest his readers . Yet there is in writers a feeling that the public ought to like what they write and if their books do not sell the ...
... whole he satisfies his patrons , so the writer's books will not be read unless on the whole they interest his readers . Yet there is in writers a feeling that the public ought to like what they write and if their books do not sell the ...
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... whole man . But the painter , the writer , the saint , is always looking in himself for new facets ; he is bored at repeating himself and seeks , though it may be without actually knowing it , to prevent himself from becoming one ...
... whole man . But the painter , the writer , the saint , is always looking in himself for new facets ; he is bored at repeating himself and seeks , though it may be without actually knowing it , to prevent himself from becoming one ...
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