“Most bad books get that way because their authors are engaged in trying to justify themselves. If a vain author is an alcoholic, then the most sympathetically portrayed character in his book will be an alcoholic. This sort of thing is very boring for outsiders.” IfsWayWritingTryingBookCharacterBoringVainEngagedJustifyOutsidersAlcoholics Book:Truth and Lies in Literature, A Writer's Ten Commandments: (Revised and Extended edition) Source: Truth and Lies in Literature, A Writer's Ten Commandments: (Revised and Extended edition)
“Perhaps in a book review it is not out of place to note that the safety of the state depends on cultivating the imagination.” BookStatesImaginationDependsSafetyNotesReviewsCultivatingBook Review Book:Truth and Lies in Literature: Essays and Reviews Source: Truth and Lies in Literature: Essays and Reviews
