Everyone struggles against despair, but it always wins in the end. It has to. It's the thing that lets us say goodbye.
On their best days, writers all over the world are winning Pulitzers, all alone in their studios, with no one watching.
The daily act of writing remains as demanding and maddening as it was before, and the pleasure you get from writing - rare but profound - remains at the true heart of the enterprise. On their best days, writers all over the world are winning Pulitzers, all alone in their studios, with no one watching.
