Do you ever....

[Paul Whybrow]

“Do you ever go into the bathroom and sit on the toilet when you don’t need to take a shit? Do you ever just sit there completely empty and sit there and push? No, you don’t. You go eat something and then you live your life and what happens, happens. It’s the same thing with writing. If I don’t have an idea that I’m not absolutely terrified of losing, then I don’t bother to write.”


Chuck Palahniuk

 

[Claire G]

“Do you ever go into the bathroom and sit on the toilet when you don’t need to take a shit? Do you ever just sit there completely empty and sit there and push? No, you don’t. You go eat something and then you live your life and what happens, happens. It’s the same thing with writing. If I don’t have an idea that I’m not absolutely terrified of losing, then I don’t bother to write.”


Chuck Palahniuk

Sometimes I think my writing is a load of shit...

 

[Hannah F]

Well, he doesn't have to write, I guess. He can sit pretty on royalties from Fight Club. But I suspect he's lying. He does bother to write. And he does bother to extensively re-write. (Though he should do something about that double negative at the end of his quote.)

 

[Trey]

Sometimes I think my writing is a load of shit...

Don't we all. Best remedy is to dig out something you've previously written and know you liked. Or view an inspiring podcast/youtube vid