Expect to be disgusted by your own early work. If writing is your vocation, if you hope that it might be your salvation, push on through the disgust until you find one true sentence, a few words that say more than you expected, something you didn't know until you set it down.
タグ: words, you, hope, work

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I have a suspicion of lockstep and everyone looking in the same direction: that's a key character trait in me.
タグ: direction, looking, character, me
If I'm working every day, it's like pumping a pump. When you start, rusty water comes out, and then it runs clear. I do it even if I get completely stuck.
タグ: start, day, water, you
Traditions are always puzzling to those who don't share them. I'm Jewish, so the idea of a 'perfect family Christmas' is foreign to me.
タグ: who, always, me, family
I find the sneeriness about 'selfie-culture' quite boring - I'm excited by young people taking control of their own images and finding out for themselves how much Photoshop has done for models.
タグ: done, control, boring, people
I don't think I have any particular problem with God.
タグ: any, problem, think, god
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