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And no, having the hits is just more work.

Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they congenitally lack the equipment to do so, just as they congenitally lack the equipment to fly over the moon.

I'm really good at writing 'almost hits'.

Writing requires a great deal of skill, just like painting does. People don't want to learn those skills.

We don't normally think of it as such, but writing is a technology.

Why do writers write? Because it isn't there.

However great a man's natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned all at once.

It's hard for a hit to be bad for your career.

I think in a way I was probably completely naive about what it takes to make something become a hit.