A Writer Writes. Always.
I’ve never seen Throw Momma From The Train , but it’s a 1987 movie directed by Danny Devito starring Billy Crystal. Crystal plays Larry Donner, a creative writing professor struggling with writer’s block. I don’t know the context, (I’ll eventually watch it, OK?) but Donner somewhere in the film utters the phrase “a writer writes, always,” which was apparently so profound a quote it’s led at least a few people to dissect its meaning. It stuck with me too, but mostly because the person who introduced it to me was a creative director, and I had no idea what the fuck he meant. Was he calling me lazy because the shit I’d written wasn’t good and I’d have to write more? Was he trying to inspire me with a highbrow platitude I was too plebeian to get? I still don’t know. But I liked it. It’s such a dumb, obvious saying, and I identify with dumb, obvious things. Even during the years I was in too much pain to write, 'a writer writes, always' ran through my mind. But by that time, it ...