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albionidaho) wrote2008-12-01 09:00 pm
albionidaho) wrote2008-12-01 09:00 pm
to be great
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."
"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."