Melvin Maddocks
Melvin Maddocks
report
Journalists do not like to report on uncertainties. They would almost rather be wrong than ambiguous.
developed fully reminds
It is one test of a fully developed writer that he reminds us of no one but himself.
idealistic
Nothing is more idealistic than a journalist on the defensive.
art certain means
To choose art means to turn one's back on the world, or at least on certain of its distractions.
demanding lonely modern whaling
Writing is the most demanding of callings, more harrowing than a warrior's, more lonely than a whaling captain's-that, in essence, is the modern writer's message.
both controlled environment lights observing pedigree suit watching
Watching baseball under the lights is like observing dogs indoors, at a pedigree show. In both instances, the environment is too controlled to suit the species.