When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
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 more gifted and talkative one's characters are, the greater the chances of their resembling the author in tone or tint of mind.
I never knew a writer yet who took the smallest pains with his style and was at the same time readable.
If modesty and candor are necessary to an author in his judgment of his own works, no less are they in his reader.
Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend the boundaries of literary art, wants to explore new dimensions of the human spirit, and if he doesn't, he should be ashamed of himself.
Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will.
The treasure of a writer is to maintain their own style.
I'm not over-enamored of complicated books, and wonder if it's more for the author's ego than anything else?
Readers always seem to think that the author has some control over the design of their books.
A writer has to be driven crazy to help him to see. A writer needs his poisons.
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