Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Ann Beattie’s 7 Truths About Writers

scribnerbooks:

7. Writers wear atrocious clothes when writing. So terrible that I have been asked, by the UPS man, “Are you all right?”


—from the New Yorker’s Book Bench blog to mark the publication of her new book, Mrs. Nixon

Looked down and realized I’m wearing a beat-up sports bra I’ve owned since I was thirteen, food-stained boxers, sweaty socks, and an inside-out wife beater. Living the dream.