Jealousy is such a direct attack on whatever measure of confidence you've been able to muster. But if you continue to write, you are probably going to have to deal with it, because some wonderful, dazzling successes are going to happen for some of the most awful, angry, undeserving writers you know-people who are, in other words, not you.


Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life (ed. Anchor, 2007) - ISBN: 9780307424983


Jealousy is such a direct attack on whatever measure of confidence you've been able to muster. But if you continue to write, you are probably going...

Jealousy is such a direct attack on whatever measure of confidence you've been able to muster. But if you continue to write, you are probably going...

Jealousy is such a direct attack on whatever measure of confidence you've been able to muster. But if you continue to write, you are probably going...

Jealousy is such a direct attack on whatever measure of confidence you've been able to muster. But if you continue to write, you are probably going...