Scriptor in fabula

“Let the writer take up surgery or bricklaying if he is interested in technique. There is no mechanical way to get the writing done, no shortcut. The young writer would be a fool to follow a theory. Teach yourself by your own mistakes; people learn only by error. The good artist believes that nobody is good enough to give him advice. He has supreme vanity. No matter how much he admires the old writer, he wants to beat him.”

William Faulkner

Perso, je remplacerais la dernière phrase par "She wants to read him" (or her) (gni) parce que :

a) je suis une lectrice compulsive et passionnée ( Donc les copains, c'est bien qu'ils existent)

b) Je suis la moins concurrentielle des garces, ou la pire des vaniteuses, car le seul écrivain que j'ai envie de battre, c'est moi.