There are dozens of young poets and fictioneers most of them a little insane in the tradition of James Joyce, who, however insane they may be, have refused to be genteel and traditional and dull.
Interpretation
The quote celebrates the unconventional creativity of young poets and writers who challenge traditional norms.
Sinclair Lewis highlights the vibrant spirit of young poets and fiction writers who, despite their eccentricities, reject the boundaries of genteel and conventional storytelling. He admires their courage to embrace insanity and originality, emphasizing that true artistry often thrives outside the confines of societal expectations, as exemplified by the legacy of writers like James Joyce.
In practice
This quote could be used at a writing workshop to encourage participants to embrace their unique style.
Upon this theology he rarely pondered. The kernel of his practical religion was that it was respectable, and beneficial to one's business, to be seen going to services; that the church kept the Worst Elements from being still worse; and that the pastor's sermons, however dull they might seem at the time of taking, yet had a voodooistic power which 'did a fellow good-- kept him in touch with Higher Things.
Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country.
Writers kid themselves-about themselves and other people. Take the talk about writing methods. Writing is just work-there's no secret. If you dictate or use a pen or type with your toes-it is just work.
She did her work with the thoroughness of a mind which reveres details and never quite understands them.
Writing is just work-there's no secret. If you dictate or use a pen or type or write with your toes-it's still just work.
It is, I think, an error to believe that there is any need of religion to make life seem worth living.
Not surprisingly, he began to sing, and because no one in the world could hear him, and he sang without inhibition, he sang well.
Prose is like hair; it shines with combing.
Cold metal walks across my forehead,_x000D_ spiders search for my heart._x000D_ It is a light that goes out in my mouth.
I strongly believe that the art of the novel works best when the writer identifies with whoever he or she is writing about. Novels in the end are based on the human capacity, compassion, and I can show more compassion to my characters if I write in a first person singular.
Perhaps when I have 10 films behind me, I will have something worth saying.
To have the ability to withdraw into oneself and forget everything around one when one is creating - What, I think is the only requirement for being able to bring forth something beautiful. The whole thing is - a mystery.
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