Quote of the Week: Susan Orlean
“Being a writer requires an awkward balance of utter confidence and abject insecurity. Both necessary, neither sufficient.” -- Susan Orlean (The Orchid Thief, The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup)
Interestingly enough, this quote came to me via Twitter, as retweeted by the fabulous Sandra Gulland. It wouldn’t fit as a retweet and it was, in any case, just too great a quote to be lost in the sludge of the Twitter timeline.
This captures precisely what I’ve often tried to articulate in many more words: Close the door. Shut off the other voices. Listen to your heart. And write.
And write.
Interestingly enough, this quote came to me via Twitter, as retweeted by the fabulous Sandra Gulland. It wouldn’t fit as a retweet and it was, in any case, just too great a quote to be lost in the sludge of the Twitter timeline.
This captures precisely what I’ve often tried to articulate in many more words: Close the door. Shut off the other voices. Listen to your heart. And write.
And write.
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