Thomas Bernhard on being a writer

Wednesday 8th August 2012

Writers: essential equipment
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Quote of the day: “Even though you are exactly what I call the philosophical writer, your philosophy is no real philosophy and your writing is no real writing, he repeated. And a writer who does not publish anything is, basically, not really a writer.” (Thomas Bernhard’s Old Masters)

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