Bill WattersonThe purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure poor reasoning and inhibit clarity.
About This Quote
The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure poor reasoning and inhibit clarity. This quote is spoken by the character of Mrs. Joe in the film 'The Big Lebowski.' Mrs. Joe is a struggling writer who gets her inspiration from reading other people's work.
She thinks that if she writes something that everyone else thinks is good then it will be good too. The problem with this idea is that she adds no original thought or reasoning to her writing. She just takes the ideas of other people and puts them into her own words without being able to clearly express herself because she has taken so many ideas from other writers.
When Mrs. Joe reads her own work back to herself she says, "What an obtuse clown! What a shallow bore!"
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