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Quentin S Crisp interviewed at Bibliophile Stalker
Posted by Paul Raven on February 10th, 2009 at 13:59
Charles Tan has an intriguing in-depth interview with the delightfully self-effacing Quentin S Crisp, whose new novella Shrike will be shipping imminently from the PS Publishing warehouse.
Tan’s question range far and wide, quizzing Crisp on his abiding love affair with Japanese literature, the inspiration behind Shrike, the writerly mind-set and much much more. Just as a taster, here’s Crisp’s advice to aspiring writers:
First of all, give up. If you really can’t give up, then keep writing. That is, don’t worry about the fate of the stories you’ve sent out to publishers and so on. Follow them up, of course, but don’t spend your energy in worrying. If you’re rejected or you get a bad review, don’t worry. Keep writing. You’re always a beginner. There’s this tremendous need to know that you’ve accomplished something, that you’re a real writer. I don’t know if that moment ever comes, although good moments may come and go. The real writers are, in the end, those who start again and again and keep writing.
It’s a fascinating look into the mind of a very complex yet surprisingly modest man – quite the eye-opener, in fact. Go and read the whole thing.
To order yourself a copy of Shrike, click through below to jump straight to the PS webstore:
- Shrike – signed, jacketed hardcover – £25.00 [ US$37.50 approx. ]
- Shrike – hardcover – £10.00 [ US$15 approx. ]