Good Writing Writ Large

[chidder]

There is a problem with writers. If what a writer wrote was published and sold many, many copies, the writer thought he was great. If what a writer wrote was published and sold a medium number of copies, the writer thought he was great. If what a writer wrote was published and sold very few copies, the writer thought he was great. If what the

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[birdbard]

Write on!

[becauseilive]

The best writers treat writing the way a truly devout person treats religion: something practiced, not boasted about; lived, not preached.

I love this entry, this quote, as well as the Bukowski quote at the top :)

[chidder]

Thanks! When I came across the Bukowski quote the other day, it really resonated.