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Jamie Grove - How Not To Write said:
Hard to say, Lindsey. Old Bill Lee said a lot of odd things, most of which he made up by flipping them all around on purpose. I wrote to William S. Burroughs when I was in my early twenties. To my surprise, he sent back a post card. I’d asked, “Who are you? Who are you really?”
His reply?
“Who am I? I am the cat who walks in the night and to me all supermarkets are alike.”
I just hope he was being straight in the quote above because I’m really good at doing things badly.
June 13, 2008 @ 12:43 am
Corbin said:
I think it means that if something is worth doing, then do it. It doesn’t matter if it is done poorly or not. If you never try something, what good is it to you? If its worth it, do it, and then you can reap the benefits. If you do something badly the first time, you can go back the second time and fix it with the experience under your belt. We learn from our mistakes, thats why they are OK to make!
June 13, 2008 @ 3:07 pm
Lindsey Anderson said:
Jamie, that’s really interesting. I don’t know much about him, but he sounds intriguing … I’ll have to check out some of his other writing; it will probably give me a better idea about what he means.
June 13, 2008 @ 3:33 pm
leafless said:
It’s always better to work hard in achieving a certain goal even if the outcome is unsatisfying, than to not work hard and have regrets later.
June 16, 2008 @ 6:12 pm