A writer should express criticism and indignation at the dark side of society and the ugliness of human nature, but we should not use one uniform expression.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Every man should follow the bent of his nature in art and letters, always provided that he does not offend against the rules of morality and good taste.
Writers often feel obliged to adopt some sort of public appearance.
It is very necessary to have markers of beauty left in a world seemingly bent on making the most evil ugliness.
A writer has to live with a sense of honor.
Increasingly, to dismiss any popular artistic style is seen as the worst kind of snobbery. And snobbery, it goes without saying, is unacceptable in a diverse and democratic world.
I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They show a primitive fear and dread at the fearful magic of print.
No matter how hard we strive for objectivity, writers are biased toward tension - those moments in which character is forged and revealed.
However, please allow me to say that the fundamental style of my writing has been to start from my personal matters and then to link it up with society, the state and the world.
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.
As writers and readers, as sinners and citizens, our realism and our aesthetic sense make us wary of crediting the positive note.