February 9, 2016

James Baldwin On Writing Endurance

James Baldwin talks about the one critical trait of accomplished writers:

Something that irritates you and won’t let you go. That’s the anguish of it. Do this book, or die. You have to go through that. Talent is insignificant. I know a lot of talented ruins. Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck, but most of all, endurance.

James Baldwin Advice On Writing

James Baldwin

February 9, 2016

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