“A writer’s desire to write can only have come from previous experience of literature, and he’ll start by imitating whatever he’s read, which usually means what the people around him are writing.”
I found this quote to be extremely profound in the respect of applying this same concept to life in general. If a writer’s desire to write strictly comes from reading previous works of literature, does that mean that all of our desires in life are developed from our past experiences? And if a writer writes similarly to whatever he’s read, does that mean that we act similarly to the people we spend our time with? I found the parallel between what influences both literature and our everyday lives to be extremely interesting. This quote really gets at the fact that everything we read, do, see, and hear affects us whether we notice it or not. I believe that a writer’s style is affected by every piece of literature they read much like the way peoples’ characters are affected by every single person they meet.
Hey Nicole,
ReplyDeleteVery insightful posts. Great job.
I really agree with what you said. I think that what we see and hear everyday has a hudge effect on how we act, or in this case write.
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