I think there must be something wrong with me as a writer. Because all my friends who are writers find reasons to hate everything about their day. But I just love writing. I love starting the day with language and seeing if I can make something of it.
Interpretation
The quote reflects a writer's love for their craft, contrasting it with the struggles faced by others in the same field.
In this quote, Roger Rosenblatt expresses the joy he finds in writing compared to the negativity that often plagues his fellow writers. He suggests that while many writers tend to focus on frustrations and challenges in their daily experiences, he finds fulfillment and a positive outlook through the act of writing itself. This highlights the idea that passion for one's work can provide a unique perspective and appreciation for creativity, regardless of external circumstances.
In practice
In a writing workshop, I mentioned this quote to inspire fellow writers to embrace their craft.
You are your greatest investment. The more you store in that mind of yours, the more you enrich your experience, the more people you meet, the more books you read, and the more places you visit, the greater is that investment in all that you are. Everything that you add to your peace of mind, and to your outlook upon life, is added capital that no one but yourself can dissipate.
Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view.
He who sees a need and waits to be asked for help is as unkind as if he had refused it.
I have been saying for many years that we are using the word 'guru' only because 'charlatan' is too long to fit into a headline.
Sincerity is not a test of truth. We must not make this mistake: He must be right; he's so sincere. Because, it is possible to be sincerely wrong. We can only judge truth by truth and sincerity by sincerity.
One acts decisively only in the conviction that all the angels are on one side and all the devils on the other.
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