"I am disgusted to see Dos [Passos] said that writers sho...

"I am disgusted to see Dos [Passos:] said that writers should not write now. If a writer has any guts he should write all the time, and the lousier the world the harder a writer should work. For if he can do nothing positive, to make the world more liveable or less cruel or stupid, he can at least record truly, and that is something no one else will do, and it a job that must be done. It is the