Lewis Black, when The Onion made the mistake of asking if he liked writing:
“Anybody who likes writing a book is an idiot. Because it’s impossible, it’s like having a homework assignment every stinking day until it’s done. And by the time you get it in, it’s done and you’re sitting there reading it, and you realize the 12,000 things you didn’t do. I mean, writing isn’t fun. It’s never been fun. It’s momentum, and once you get the momentum going, that’s great, but it’s a brutal experience in many, many ways. And when you’re done, people tell you, ‘Well, gee, I’m not interested.’ ‘Great, I’m glad I sat down and wrote this!’”
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Hacks of the world unite. Black, pessimist extraordinaire, says it so much better than the rest of us, doesn’t he? Even after all the suffering the doubt and the high points of getting a book finished…chances are no one will read it and it will go out of print and your publisher will drop you like a used condom full of rancid spooge.
Still, we write. Or try to. Not because the world needs us to…much less wants us to…but because we must. We are dysfunctional narcissists who think we have something to say. Plus, we’re a little insane and compulsive. That helps.
Chas, you couldn’t be more right. Thanks for checking us out.
on subject:
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200608u/writing-advice