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A writer is someone who spends years patiently trying to discover the second being inside him, and the world that makes him who he is. When I speak of writing, the image that comes first to my mind is not a novel, a poem, or a literary tradition; it is the person who shuts himself up in a room, sits down at a table, and, alone, turns inward. Amid his shadows, he builds a new world with words. This man-or this woman-may use a typewriter, or profit from the ease of a computer, or write with a pen on paper, as I do. As he writes, he may drink tea or coffee, or smoke cigarettes. From time to time, he may rise from his table to look out the window at the children playing in the street, or, if he is lucky, at trees and a view, or even at a black wall. He may write poems, or plays, or novels, as I do. But all these differences arise only after the crucial task is complete-after he has sat down at the table and patiently turned inward. To write is to transform that inward gaze into words, to study the worlds into which we pass when we retire into ourselves, and to do so with patience, obstinacy, and joy.
Orhan Pamuk
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Five Questions: The Worlds of Paul Jessup
john baker, August 23rd, 2006. No comments. Filed under blogging, reading, writing.
1. Why do you blog?
I have no idea. It just struck me as something fun to do, and so I did it. This could explain why my blog topics are completely random.
2. Which author and/or book has most influenced you?
That is a tough question! Only one? I could list tons of writers and books who have influenced me through the years. The one that sticks with me the most is The Brother’s Karamazov. The next would be Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Saw There. The third and final would be Grimm’s Fairy Tales.
3. Which three blogs do you most visit?
Another tough one. I would have to say:
Mumpsimus at: http://mumpsimus.blogspot.com, Boing!Boing! at: http://boingboing.net and
The Lotus Lyceum
4. Why do you read fiction?
To gather memories of other people and places.
5. What makes you laugh?
Word Games and unexpected violence.
Paul Jessup blogs at The Worlds of Paul Jessup.
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