Northrop Frye Quote

For the serious mediocre writer convention makes him sound like a lot of other people; for the popular writer it gives him a formula he can exploit; for the serious good writer it releases his experiences or emotions from himself and incorporates them into literature, where they belong.

The Educated Imagination (ed. Indiana University Press, 1964) - ISBN: 9780253200884

For the serious mediocre writer convention makes him sound like a lot of other people; for the popular writer it gives him a formula he can exploit;...

For the serious mediocre writer convention makes him sound like a lot of other people; for the popular writer it gives him a formula he can exploit;...

For the serious mediocre writer convention makes him sound like a lot of other people; for the popular writer it gives him a formula he can exploit;...

For the serious mediocre writer convention makes him sound like a lot of other people; for the popular writer it gives him a formula he can exploit;...