Writing is no dying art form in America because most published writers here accept the wisdom and the necessity of encouraging the talent that follows in their footsteps.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.
It's a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it.
If we lose sight of the fact that writing is entertainment, then writing is doomed.
I don't think the creative writing industry has helped American poetry.
People become writers in the first place by those things that hurt you into art, as Yeats said it. Then they become separated from what started out affecting them. Journalism forces you to look at the world so you don't get cut off.
For years, I had heard about the lack of interest in literature in the U.S. and I had complained about it. I failed to understand how people could fail to be moved by art.
American art, like America, must wait and live a while longer.
Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure a bad person can write a good book, If art doesn't make us better, then what on earth is it for.
Some major American publishing houses still seek work by foreign writers.
Good writing of course requires talent, and no one can teach you to have talent.