“A writer's business is minding other people's business ... all the vices of the village gossip are the virtues of the writer.” PeopleVirtueVicesGossipVillage Book:The Diaries of Dawn Powell: 1931-1965 Source: The Diaries of Dawn Powell: 1931-1965
“Satire is people as they are; romanticism, people as they would like to be; realism, people as they seem with their insides left out.” PeopleWritingSeemsLeftSatireRealismRomanticismLeft Out Book:The Diaries of Dawn Powell, 1931-1965 Source: The Diaries of Dawn Powell, 1931-1965
“The artist who really loves people loves them so well the way they are he sees no need to disguise their characteristics-he loves them whole, without retouching. Yet the word used for this unqualifying affection is 'cynicism'.” PeopleWayNeedsWellsWholeUsedArtistAffectionCharacteristicsCynicismDisguiseIdealismRetouching Book:The Diaries of Dawn Powell: 1931-1965 Source: The Diaries of Dawn Powell: 1931-1965
