The press, the pulpit, and the stage, Conspire to censure and expose our age. - Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon - Quotesmemo.com

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In America, where writers are preoccupied with the craft of writing, I always try to introduce this concept of the badly written good story. Turning the hierarchy around and putting passion on top and not craft, because when you just focus on craft, you can write something that is very sterile.

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Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon

The press, the pulpit, and the stage, Conspire to censure and expose our age.

Age, Criticism, Expose, Press, Pulpit

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Choose an author as you would a friend.

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The last loud trumpet's wondrous sound, Shall thro' the rending tombs rebound, And wake the nations under ground.

Lasts, Loud, Rebound, Rending, Resurrection, Sound

The men, who labour and digest things most, Will be much apter to despond than boast; For if your author be profoundly good, 'Twill cost you dear before he's understood.

Apter, Cost, Good, He Man, Men, Profoundly

Abstruse and mystic thoughts you must express With painful care, but seeming easiness; For truth shines brightest thro' the plainest dress.

Care, Dress, Dresses, Easiness, Shining, Truth

Tis I that call, remember Milo's end, Wedged in that timber which he strove to rend.

Ends, Punishment, Remember, Strove, Timber, Wedged

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But there is, I have learned, no permanent escape from the past. It may be an unrecognized law of our nature that we should be drawn back, inevitably, to the place where we have suffered most.

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In America, where writers are preoccupied with the craft of writing, I always try to introduce this concept of the badly written good story. Turning the hierarchy around and putting passion on top and not craft, because when you just focus on craft, you can write something that is very sterile.

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