http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2009/01/09/re_regrets_regrets Comments On: re: Regrets Regrets by Brendan Kiley en-us Copyright 2009 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0800 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:45:00 -0800 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Just found it - and, lo and behold, it was from an interview in The Stranger:

Hatred of writers: odd concept. Why hate a writer, or his or her work? (Asking not just the interviewer, but -- squinting to see those in the back rows -- all those seated): What makes us so angry toward these people? Completing a book is so arduous and bewildering and near-impossible that I have to say that when you complete a book yourself, your respect for anyone who has also reached the end of that mine-riddled trek increases exponentially.

Much in the way that having a baby changes one's perspective on life, work, professional sports, etc., working on and ideally finishing... a book, or play, or album, or whatever, immediately shoves you into a place where you stand in reverence to all who finish things, who bring to fruition something they've imagined. Thinking you could probably do something as well as someone else is worlds apart from actually trying to do it. Then, actually completing that project is worlds apart from simply trying it.

It goes on. A great (re-)read. Maybe some decade, The Stranger's own critics will take it to heart.
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