The very first thing I tell my new students on the first day of a workshop is that good writing is about telling the truth. We are a species that needs and wants to understand who we are. Sheep lice do not seem to share this longing, which is one reason they write so very little.
~ Anne Lamott
in Bird by Bird: Some Instructions for Writing and Life
And yet, the truth about ourselves often eludes us. With time and purposeful ignorance, we often deceive even the one we know best.
Posted by: kurt at June 1, 2004 07:58 AM