The Summing UpAutobiographical and confessional, and yet not, this is one of the most highly regarded expressions of a personal credo - both a classic avowal of an author's ideas and his craft. |
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... write better ; I did not write well . I wrote stiffly and self - consciously . I tried to get a pattern into my sentences , but did not see that the pattern was evident . I took care how I placed my words , but did not reflect that an ...
... write better ; I did not write well . I wrote stiffly and self - consciously . I tried to get a pattern into my sentences , but did not see that the pattern was evident . I took care how I placed my words , but did not reflect that an ...
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... write . I have often heard writers complain that they wanted to write but had nothing to write about , and I remember one distin- guished author telling me that she was reading through some books in which were epitomized all the plots ...
... write . I have often heard writers complain that they wanted to write but had nothing to write about , and I remember one distin- guished author telling me that she was reading through some books in which were epitomized all the plots ...
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... write to liberate his spirit of a subject that he has so long meditated that it burdens him and if he is wise he will take care to write only for the sake of his own peace . Perhaps the simplest way to break the habit of writing is by ...
... write to liberate his spirit of a subject that he has so long meditated that it burdens him and if he is wise he will take care to write only for the sake of his own peace . Perhaps the simplest way to break the habit of writing is by ...
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accept action actors admire ęsthetic amusing appearance artist asked audience beauty believe better character comedy common conscious course critic deal delight dialogue discover drama dramatist emotion English evil exciting existence experience feeling fiction forced French gave gift give Henry Arthur Jones Human Bondage human nature humour ideas imagination instinct interest invention King's School knew Lady Frederick literature live Liza of Lambeth look matter Matthew Arnold Maugham means mind ness never notion novel novelist one's Painted Veil pattern perfect perhaps persons philosophers phrase picture play pleasure produced prose reader reason seemed sense short stories SOMERSET MAUGHAM sometimes sort soul spirit St Thomas's Hospital Stendhal success suppose tell theatre things thought tion told truth V. S. Pritchett verse Walter Pater wanted words write written wrote young youth