On influence
Influence is an infection, which provokes a creative reaction by the immune system.
Labels: thought
...No matter how much clarity there is in the moment, no one can see even five minutes ahead. This may be one reason we write: to attempt to go behind the curtain.... Although it can be tempting at times to stay in the world of the mind, it would be a crime to let this world of flesh and stone pass by unlived, unobserved. So you reach for both.
—Rick Bass
—Rick Bass
Tuesday, November 06, 2018
