“The callus on my writing finger is very sore today. I may have to sandpaper it down. It is getting too big.” --John Steinbeck, on work habits.
The artist’s plight! I really do wonder if he was being facetious. Lets not wonder for long. I mean, who among us hasn’t been that self deprecating? Cut to the chase: we’re all writers here. Meaning, sort of like people, but not really. Our parents’ main role, as Steinbeck said later on, is to get us out of jail, nourish us just past the point of starvation.
Well sure, my parents seem to fit the bill. The role I've given them.