Asking a writer to account for the genesis of his or her ideas is as futile as asking a spider to explain the source of its web and the method of its construction.


A Man of My Words: Reflections on the English Language (2003)


Asking a writer to account for the genesis of his or her ideas is as futile as asking a spider to explain the source of its web and the method of its ...

Asking a writer to account for the genesis of his or her ideas is as futile as asking a spider to explain the source of its web and the method of its ...

Asking a writer to account for the genesis of his or her ideas is as futile as asking a spider to explain the source of its web and the method of its ...

Asking a writer to account for the genesis of his or her ideas is as futile as asking a spider to explain the source of its web and the method of its ...