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While I can't find the video at the moment, one of my favorite writers, Christopher Hitchen's, put it this way, speaking about having been asked the same thing:
by arca_vorago 11y ago
While I can't find the video at the moment, one of my favorite writers, Christopher Hitchen's, put it this way, speaking about having been asked the same thing: (and I'm paraphrasing) "A real writer finds that they have no option, that indeed, they must write." or something to that effect. The point being that writing is more of a passion that can turn into art and/or career.
- marincounty 11y agoI really miss that guy. He was honest in his writing, and in his personal life.
- arca_vorago 11y agoMe too. His abrasive style was one of very few writers who inspired me on my Descartes like journey into the rabbit-hole and back out, and I regret not having read his works sooner. The world truly has not yet seen his equal, and suffers for it. One thing in particular he said that struck me was that one should write as if they were already dead. That is to pull no punches. A great but hard to attain goal.