![]() ![]() In every bit of honest writing in the world … there is a base theme.The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty.“In Awe of Words,” The Exonian, 75th anniversary edition, Exeter University (1930).One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say - and to feel - ”Yes, that’s the way it is, or at least that’s the way I feel it. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome. In the endless war against weakness and despair, these are the bright rally-flags of hope and of emulation. The writer is delegated to declare and to celebrate man's proven capacity for greatness of heart and spirit - for gallantry in defeat - for courage, compassion and love. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and nearly always leads to love. ![]() Try to understand men, if you understand each other you will be kind to each other. 1.16 The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights (1976).1.14 Paris Review - The Art of Fiction No.1.13 Travels With Charley: In Search of America (1962).1.12 Nobel Prize acceptance speech (1962).1.11 The Winter of Our Discontent (1961).1.10 The Short Reign of Pippin IV (1957).1.7 The Log from the Sea of Cortez (1951).
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