“Advice? I don’t have advice. Stop aspiring and start writing. If you’re
writing, you’re a writer. Write like you’re a goddamn death row inmate
and the governor is out of the country and there’s no chance for a
pardon. Write like you’re clinging to the edge of a cliff, white
knuckles, on your last breath, and you’ve got just one last thing to
say, like you’re a bird flying over us and you can see everything, and
please, for God’s sake, tell us something that will save us from
ourselves. Take a deep breath and tell us your deepest, darkest secret,
so we can wipe our brow and know that we’re not alone. Write like you
have a message from the king. Or don’t. Who knows, maybe you’re one of
the lucky ones who doesn’t have to.”
Alan Watts
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