Old Whore

"... much like the act of professional writing. 
It's just another perpetual loop. Think of it like fucking... which is only fun for amateurs. Old whores don't do much giggling.
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That a writer's real purpose, whether they like it or not, is to pass a judgement on History. Recent or otherwise... The irony being that in passing judgement... a writer enters that same stream of History. Which as good old Dickie Nixon noted is a very tricky thing to escape from. And leads you inevitably... to judgement yourself. Can't escape it. Your achievements... like bricks... will come to found the walls... of your mausoleum..."