Comments on: Don’t try to be God, try to be Shakespeare

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By: Phil H

Phil H — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:30:06 +0000

Bill the Lizard said: “Good advice. I often find myself paralyzed by the fact that everything I want to write has already been written in one form or another.”

The point of art is not to say some new, profound thing. No, art is self-expression, so the purpose of your art is to express *you*. So stop trying to make a great thing, only make something that tells your story from your perspective.

By: John

John — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:19:43 +0000

Thanks. I fixed the typo.

By: John Venier

John Venier — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:18:32 +0000

Bill,

Mark Twain is good sounding. Deep enough, but not unfathomable.

By: Bill the Lizard

Bill the Lizard — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:19:11 +0000

Good advice. I often find myself paralyzed by the fact that everything I want to write has already been written in one form or another.

On the debate between Chaucer and Shakespeare, I would comfortably settle for being a Mark Twain.

By: Reza

Reza — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 05:16:46 +0000

And, how different we can be from “Shakespeare”? I think that this is the problem, as I have myself. Not to be God, it is unreliable.

By: John Venier

John Venier — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:10:41 +0000

John — You made a couple of typos. “Homer or Shakespeare” should read “Homer Simpson”. You’re welcome!

Corwin — You’re just jealous that you didn’t create it ex nihilo first.

Gene — I never read much Chaucer, but I heard some rumors about the Miller’s Tale. Certainly colorful if true!

By: Gene

Gene — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:18:24 +0000

I think it would be more fun to be Geoff Chaucer than Shakespeare, perhaps? At least my dim memory of Canterbury Tales and Everyman make me think it is so.

By: Corwin Joy

Corwin Joy — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:59:21 +0000

Not a very original quote. Haven’t I seen that somewhere before?

By: Daniel Lemire

Daniel Lemire — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:17:09 +0000

Great quote.

I agree. See one of my blog posts on this topic:

We never invent anything new, yet progress is made!
http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2008/12/27/we-never-invent-anything-new-yet-progress-is-made/