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Word: writings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Story. Gulian Eyre, 35, handsome, attractive, returns to Manhat- tan, bringing with him Vannya-Major Ivan Polienoff, Russian artist. Gulian has served in the War, has tried to write poetry in Paris, has been attached to the diplomatic service in Japan. Now he plans to settle down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Interpreter's House-- | 3/3/1924 | See Source »

...unnecessary, but the Bar knows that the best security of good and faithful work is that the judge must state his reasons. And the judge himself knows how often first impressions and even decisions passed in the conference room meet their Waterloo when the judge finds 'they won't write.' The essential test is adequate statement of grounds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Task of Sisyphus | 3/3/1924 | See Source »

...know life from the college yard. Young men think they are seeing "life" when they make their excursions into the world, but they are wrong. You must know life and people before you can write good plays...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SAYS COLLEGE MEN LIVE ON ONE STREET | 2/25/1924 | See Source »

...Craven was seated in his dressing room back-stage at the Hollis Theatre. He has been connected with the drama all his life. "You need experience," he continued. "You can't write plays from books. You have to live in the workshop. That's why Professor Baker's 'English 47' is so valuable. Great things will come out of that workshop, because he teaches by experience...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SAYS COLLEGE MEN LIVE ON ONE STREET | 2/25/1924 | See Source »

...writing a play you must please yourself. Men who write plays to order are mere hacks. They cannot write good plays because they are writing for some manager and not for themselves. You must have a novel idea that you like and that holds your own interest. Then it may hold the audience...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SAYS COLLEGE MEN LIVE ON ONE STREET | 2/25/1924 | See Source »

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