"We can never know that a piece..." - Quote by C S Lewis
We can never know that a piece of writing is bad unless we have begun by trying to read it as if it was very good and ended by discovering that we were paying the author an undeserved compliment.
More by C S Lewis
More on Writing
“Historian: an unsuccessful novelist.”
“Agassiz does recommend authors to eat fish, because the phosphorus in it makes brains. But I cannot help you to a decision about the amount you need to eat. Perhaps a couple of whales would be enough.”
“Hiring someone to write your autobiography is like hiring someone to take a bath for you”
More on Reading
“The cool thing about reading is that when you read a short story or you read something that takes your mind and expands where your thoughts can go, that's powerful.”
“Liking an author may be as involuntary and improbable as falling in love.”
“To solve the drug problem, we have to start at the root - first grade. If a boy has all the toys in his head that reading can give him, and you hook him into science fiction, then you've got the future secured.”