Nikolai linked to this NYT article on Susan Sontag a little while back, its about lists, journal entires and the diaries she used to keep. I only just got around to reading it now.
I love this entry dated 12/3/61.
"The writer must be four people:
1) the nut, the obsédé
2) the moron
3) the stylist
4) the critic
1) suppies the material
2) lets it come out
3) is taste
4) is intelligence
a great writer has all 4 - but you can still be a good writer with only 1) and 2); they're the most important"
There is hope for us all
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