Of course, poverty is a cruel companion to the writing life. Financial instability comes with the territory, but I wouldn't trade my life for one with weekly paychecks for anything in the world. I just finished a new novel. Now I'm in that terrible revising phase. Jazz is my favorite novel of all time.
Tenacity is as valuable as talent.
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