Joseph Epstein
I was recently asked what it takes to become a writer. Three things, I answered: First, one must cultivate incompetence at almost every other form of profitable work. This must be accompanied, second, by a haughty contempt for all the forms of work that one has established one cannot do. To these two must be joined, third, the nuttiness to believe that other people can … [ Read more ]
Author: Joseph Epstein | Subjects: Literature | Arts, Miscellaneous