The Writing Life: a thoughtworthy thought

[lagilman]

"Anyway, one of the nicest things about the writing racket is that if you write one great thing, you are, at that moment and forever, a great writer. You may later become a great writer who also wrote a ton of crap, or a great writer who is morally appalling, or any number of other things, but write one great thing, and you're a great writer. And you get your whole life to do it. " -- John Barnes

Comments

[sdn.livejournal.com]

how i love john barnes.

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

I liked that one too.

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

I've always found John Barnes to be very wise.

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

I find this quite cheering.

Perhaps a future sig line.

[unwrecked.livejournal.com]

Yes! A fine thing to remember... Well, except for that "ton of crap" bit. ;)