October 01, 2004

I don't write, and I am in no way a writer, but from my experience there are two kinds. The young ones are constantly looking for something new to write about and pick a word off of an ad in a magazine and try to start or end a story with it as a challenge. The other kind simply starts writing something when they feel it - how does Borges say it? - always write the truth. This second kind is therefore made up of people who have lived, and people who haven't but are perceptive enough to make up for it.

October 1, 2004 09:43 PM