Max sent Scottie some literary advice, the same dictum he gave every college student who called on him. He stressed the importance of a liberal arts education but urged her to avoid all courses in writing. "Everyone has to find her own way of writing, " he wrote Scottie, "and the source of finding it is largely out of literature. A. Scott Berg
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Max Fischer is a character in the film "Rushmore" played by Bill Murray. In this quote he gives Scottie advice on how to write. He stresses the importance of a liberal arts education but urges her to avoid all courses in writing because everyone has to find their own way of writing. He also tells her that the source of finding her own way is largely out of literature. This means that everyone has to find their own way through reading and it is not what you studied in class but what you read between classes that shapes your writing.

Source: Max Perkins: Editor Of Genius

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