April 06, 2008

Anxiety crowned by pleasure

"Writing - a strange process of anxiety crowned by pleasure."

Camille Paglia

Posted by richard at April 6, 2008 04:43 PM
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Hi Rich. That reminds me of a Thomas Mann quote:
"A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people."

Posted by: Michael at April 6, 2008 06:25 PM

Or one of my favourites, Michael:

"I am alone all day producing prose with the ease of a patient passing kidney stones."
Gay Talese

Posted by: richard at April 6, 2008 08:31 PM
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