Robertson Davies Quote

If the storyteller had what it took, he collected a little group and told them a golden tale until it got to the most exciting point and then he passed the bowl again. That was the way he made his living, and if he failed to hold his audience, he was through and had to take up some other line of work. Now this is what a writer must do.


Paris Review (Spring 1989)


If the storyteller had what it took, he collected a little group and told them a golden tale until it got to the most exciting point and then he...

If the storyteller had what it took, he collected a little group and told them a golden tale until it got to the most exciting point and then he...

If the storyteller had what it took, he collected a little group and told them a golden tale until it got to the most exciting point and then he...

If the storyteller had what it took, he collected a little group and told them a golden tale until it got to the most exciting point and then he...