2. Philip Roth wrote a string of middling, flawed & terrible books in the early 1970s (Great American Novel, Our Gang, My Life as a Man)
@sternbergh Right: for a writer Roth is a healthier model than Ellison (who got fly-papered by the need to produce a 2nd masterpiece).
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@HeerJeet The image of Ellison literally getting tangled in flypaper spooling out of his typewriter is worthy of Burroughs/Cronenberg.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet@sternbergh As with writers, so with people: fear of failure breeds paralysis. -
@nathanwhitlock@sternbergh Some writers are like 40 year old virgins: performance anxiety becomes quick sand.
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