I found this little…something in a forgotten word doc:
To write would be an awfully tiresome venture,
and yet to read and to know
that one has not written and has not even tried -
Slaughtered before utterance half thoughts of mine-
waiting forever for the other shoe to drop.
Perhaps it is the Cinderella tale all over again-
left with one shoe? What would you do?
For the other one, start a quest?
Or grumble at being an unlucky fool?
I think this was a result of reading a qoute by Henry Miller on writing at the time and and hence the title of the post.
2 responses so far ↓
Christopher // February 12, 2009 at 3:55 pm
I remember reading a quote that writing is the hardest job on earth, with the possible exception of alligator wrestling. I think it is true.
another good one about the struggle of writing “In the evening at dinner his hostess asked him what he had accomplished, and his reply is famous. ” This morning,” he said, “I put a comma in one of my poems.” Amazed and amused the lady inquired whether the afternoon s work had been equally exhausting. “Yes,” said Wilde, passing his hand wearily over his brow; “this afternoon I took it out again.” Famous passage about Oscar Wilde
praxist // February 12, 2009 at 4:11 pm
I know of the Oscar Wilde one! Then again, I am a firm believer in the power of Oscar Wilde to bring forth a quote to suit every possible situation
and yes, I love quotes that describe how terribly awful it is to write and yet how terribly necessary it is at the same time.