07 6 / 2011
“I still encourage anyone who feels at all compelled to write to do so. I just try to warn people who hope to get published that publication is not all that it is cracked up to be. But writing is. Writing has so much to give, so much to teach, so many surprises. That thing you had to force yourself to do- the actual act of writing- turns out to be the best part…
I’ve managed to get some work done nearly every day of my life, without impressive financial success. Yet I would do it all over again in a hot second, mistakes and doldrums and breakdowns and all. Sometimes I could not tell you exactly why, especially when it feels pointless and pitiful, like Sisyphus with cash-flow problems. Other days, though, my writing is like a person to me- the person who, after all these years, still makes sense to me.”
-Anne Lamott
Providing me with some much needed inspiration in the midst of an epic five day editing streak wherein I’ve waded through 75 plus pages of text tearing my hair out, wondering why in the hell I choose to do this for a living myself.
