So much truth

[veronica_rich]

Commandeered from poetic_self's LJ. Samuel R. Delany: About Writing

Writers are people who write. By and large, they are not happy people. They're not good at relationships. Often they're drunks. And writing -- good writing -- does not get easier and easier with practice. It gets harder and harder -- so eventually the writer must stall out into silence.The silence that waits for every writer and that, inevitably, if only with death (if we're lucky the two may happen at the same time: but they are still two, and their coincidence is rare), the writer must fall into is angst-ridden and terrifying - and often drives us mad. (In a letter to Allen Tate, the poet Hart Crane once described writing as "dancing on dynamite.") So if you're not a writer, consider yourself fortunate.

(I think I'm going to add this to my LJ's introductory post.)

Comments

[venusinchains.livejournal.com]

That is definitely true and not true. :P (And it is kind of considered a cliche: the angsting artist, wallowing in mind-altering chemicals either for inspiration or to stem the flow of mad ideas.)

But I love Samuel Delany (when he doesn't frighten me). He's quite an odd bird. Perfect for an lj introductory post.

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

I would like to wallow in some of those mind-altering chemicals, please. Do you make house deliveries?