to be great

Dec. 1st, 2008 09:00 pm
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Tim Pratt once wrote:

"I want to be great, damn it. Is that an incorrect thing to say, impolitic? I want to be the finest writer of my time, but I won't be. I'll be good -- give me another decade or two of practice and I'll be very good -- but I'll never be great. My words will not live for centuries.

"Maybe I'll be someone's favorite writer, though. Maybe I'll touch someone deeply, connect with someone in a fundamental way.

"That would be enough, maybe. That would be more than most people are able to do.

"But oh, how I wish I could be, someday, a great writer."

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