folks who do anything other than writing
17th December 2016 | for Creatives | reading, books, writing, solitude of creating, inspiration/the muse, writer-reader relationship, the creative life, Junot Díaz |
"The ongoing professionalization of writing, an outcome of our neoliberal moment, has acted centrifugally on writers, clotting them together in ways that are unprecedented. I tend to spend more time with readers. What truly enriches my creative life are folks who do anything other than writing. ... And books, of course. I don't need much else to inspire me as long as I have books."
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