The writer does not get from his work as he writes and reads it the same aesthetic shock that the reader does; and since the writer is so accustomed to reading other stories, and having them produce a decided effect upon him, he is disquieted at not being equally affected by his own.


"Ten Books," The Southern Review (Autumn 1935) [p. 8] - Kipling, Auden & Co: Essays and Reviews 1935-1964 (1980)

Randall Jarrell Quotes

The writer does not get from his work as he writes and reads it the same aesthetic shock that the reader does; and since the writer is so accustomed...

The writer does not get from his work as he writes and reads it the same aesthetic shock that the reader does; and since the writer is so accustomed...

The writer does not get from his work as he writes and reads it the same aesthetic shock that the reader does; and since the writer is so accustomed...

The writer does not get from his work as he writes and reads it the same aesthetic shock that the reader does; and since the writer is so accustomed...