September 12, 2009

Litmus test

How to know if you’re really a writer or not, gin consumption notwithstanding:

It rarely takes more than a page to recognize that you’re in the presence of someone who can write, but it only takes a sentence to know you’re dealing with someone who can’t.

(By the way, here’s a simple way to find out if you’re a writer. If you disagree with that statement, you’re not a writer. Because, you see, writers are also readers.)

- Josh Olson, from “I Will Not Read Your Fucking Script” 9/9/09