Writing is an act of empathy. You are occupying and understanding a point of view that might be alien to your own--and work is often the keyhole through which you peer.
Interpretation
Writing allows one to explore and understand perspectives different from their own.
This quote emphasizes the power of writing as a tool for empathy. By engaging with diverse viewpoints, writers can connect with experiences that may be foreign or unfamiliar to them, fostering a deeper understanding of humanity. The metaphor of a 'keyhole' suggests that writing offers a unique glimpse into these lives and insights, unlocking doors to new perspectives and fostering compassion.
In practice
A writer might use this quote in a workshop on empathy in storytelling.
A main part of the struggle of art has been to make an art that is direct, simple, humane, unconnected with powers that be in their essence... To the degree that it is connected with the bourgeoisie via the marketplace and so on is not necessarily an artist's problem.
As an artist, I feel that we must try many things - but above all we must dare to fail.
In a rehearsal room, your real resource as an actor aren't the things around you; your resources are your imagination and your director and the other actors. In those close quarters, your imagination and your skills are what you turn to.
Good taste is the enemy of creativity.
After all, it is style alone by which posterity will judge of a great work, for an author can have nothing truly his own but his style.
The notion of directing a film is the invention of critics - the whole eloquence of cinema is achieved in the editing room.
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