| ... But definitely not great, you know? William Faulker once said, "The artist is of no importance. Only what he creates is important, since there is nothing new to be said. Shakespeare, Balzac, Homer have all written about the same things, and if they had lived one thousand or two thousand years longer, the publishers wouldn't have needed anyone since." Which means you've been spending (not wasting, merely spending) your time reading authors that are saying the same things stated by the great classics. Try them. Classics don't bite. |
I need to get out more...
Date: 2006-04-20 06:40 pm (UTC)From:Maybe I'll go read the Harry Potter ones just so I can improve the test scores.
And now of course I have a yearning to re-read "Hound of the Baskervilles" AND "Wuthering Heights"
damnit, maybe even all of the classics again...grr.
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Date: 2006-04-24 05:20 pm (UTC)From:Michelle
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Date: 2006-04-24 10:05 pm (UTC)From:Hugs!