Funny Because it’s True
How to Become a Writer by Lorrie Moore
“First, try to be something, anything, else. A movie star/astronaut. A movie star missionary. A movie star/kindergarten teacher. President of the World. Fail miserably. It is best if you fail at an early age — say, fourteen. Early, critical disillusionment is necessary so that at fifteen you can write long haiku sequences about thwarted desire.”
via R-KV-R-Y a Quarterly Literary Journal & Instapaper
Also: an interview with Lorrie Moore in The Believer
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