tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978152.post5753742745973233887..comments2023-10-18T05:38:08.545-07:00Comments on . . . With Both Hands: Joe Epstein - Progressive Feminist Screamers -The Loathing of Sarah Palinpathickeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051997614374510451noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978152.post-8098472066563689842009-12-22T20:48:52.732-08:002009-12-22T20:48:52.732-08:00I thank Joseph for much of the following which is ...I thank Joseph for much of the following which is also my experience with writing on any subject.-Ron Price, Tasmania<br /><br />I have never liked to suggest that writing is a grind, that it is brave work, that it is filled with sturm und drung. H. L. Mencken used to say that any scribbler who found writing too arduous ought to take a week off to work on an assembly line, where he would discover what work is really like. The old boy, as they say, got that right. I have had my time on assembly lines of all sorts and they are, for me, mind-numbing. To be able to sit home or wherever 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. And I do, Joseph. I often do.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13459686900548904521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978152.post-29423256002364856152008-10-20T06:43:00.000-07:002008-10-20T06:43:00.000-07:00One of our writers at No Quarter noticed your post...One of our writers at No Quarter noticed your post and liked it, as do I. May we cross-post it at No Quarter, with your permission and with a prominent link to your blog? E-mail me at susanunpc at gmail dot com. Our blog URL is http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/<BR/><BR/>(I'm still reeling over the story about Arthur Miller.)SusanUnPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16481482973808756500noreply@blogger.com