KEEP IT TOGETHER
A writer’s brain is full of little gifts, like a piñata at a birthday party. It’s also full of demons, like a piñata at a birthday party in a mental hospital. The truth is, it’s demons that keep a tortured writer’s spirit alive, not Tootsie Rolls. Sure they’ll give you a tiny burst of energy, but they won’t do squat for your writing. So treat your demons with the respect they deserve, and with enough prescriptions to keep you wearing pants.
~ McSweeney’s Ultimate Guide to Writing Better Than You Normally Do
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I love that picture, and I love the words.
My demons and I try to at least work together.
Oh, coordinating is good. Like, all those monkeys on my back? If I give them a typewriter, do you think they can collaborate on a novel? Shakespeare? Isn’t that what monkeys are supposed to be doing???
Thanks for this.
My demons thank you too.
And I thank your demons for wearing pants…
(Still makes me giggle that “pants” here are, of course, underpants… that makes things so much funnier than they need to be. In a strictly fifth-grade humor type of way. Which, also obviously, I have …)