Joseph Roth’s Tips for Writers

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Joseph Roth | Tips for writers

1. Read more of the greats and the immortals: Shakespeare, Balzac, Flaubert!
2. No Gide! No Proust! Nor anything of the sort!
3. The Bible. Homer.
4. Don’t distrust the “reader” too much!
5. Try to keep yourself clear of journalism at heart.
6. No interest in day-to-day politics. They distort. They distort the human.
7. There’s really no need for you to write serials! F*#k them. All they’re good for is a hat for the wife and a dress for the girlfriend.

From Joseph Roth: A Life in Letters.

(Source: wwnorton )

Joseph Roth | Suggerimenti per scrittori 

1. Leggete di più dei grandi e studiate di più gli immortali: Shakespeare, Balzac, Flaubert!
2. Nessun Gide! Nessun Proust! Niente del genere!
3. La Bibbia. Homer.
4. Non diffidate  troppo del “lettore” !  
5. Cercate di mantenere il vostro cuore ‘puro’ dal giornalismo.
6. Nessun interesse nella politica. Essi distorcono. Loro snaturano l’umanità.
7. Non c’è davvero alcun bisogno di scrivere romanzi a puntate! Aff#*ç+lo. Servono soltanto a comprare un cappello per la moglie e un vestito per la fidanzata.

 Tratto da Joseph Roth: A Life in Letters.

(Fonte: wwnorton )

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