It’s A Thingy You’ve Made

You can’t deduce the personality of the potter from the pots. It’s a thingy you’ve made and offered to somebody else for their use, and, believe me, a novel is like that. It’s a made thing and ought not to contain a direct self-expression of the writer.

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