“To be able to sit home and put words together in what one hopes are charming or otherwise striking sentences is, no matter how much tussle may be involved, lucky work, a privileged job. The only true grit connected with it ought to arrive when, thinking to complain about how hard it is to write, one is smart enough to shut up and silently grit one’s teeth.”
Joseph Epstein, “Blood, Sweat, and Words” (In Character, Spring 2009)
Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
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