Paul St John Mackintosh found this wonderful quote from Robert Aickman who many bats who live in the same cave as I do, know and love. What struck me about it was that it’s very relevant today in the world of social media in which some writers thrive and others struggle:- ‘It seem to me that, on the one hand, are what we may term the entertainers, who, to the best of their ability and experience, write to please a specific market; while on the other are the artists, who do not, and indeed cannot, proceed like that at all, but write in response to a voice inside them which they cannot control beyond a certain point – which, indeed, almost dictates to them, an experience that has several times come my way, and which regularly produces one’s best work….
Thank you, Paul, for reviewing Aickman, an interesting post.
