I'm reading a book of short stories by Arthur Miller, the playwright. In the introduction he explains why he sometimes wrote short stories (as opposed to plays, which he was most known for, or novels, the other 'big' literary form). Sometimes, he said, he didn't want to do the flag-waving, grandstanding egotistical work that writing plays inevitably involves. It was too tiring; he wanted to keep his head down.
08 October 2009
Is there value in stories?
I'm reading a book of short stories by Arthur Miller, the playwright. In the introduction he explains why he sometimes wrote short stories (as opposed to plays, which he was most known for, or novels, the other 'big' literary form). Sometimes, he said, he didn't want to do the flag-waving, grandstanding egotistical work that writing plays inevitably involves. It was too tiring; he wanted to keep his head down.
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