Clubbing

[pjthompson]

Random quote of the day:

 

“Don’t loaf and invite inspiration; light out after it with a club, and if you don’t get it you will nonetheless get something that looks remarkably like it.”

—Jack London, “Getting Into Print,” in Practical Authorship, ed. James Knapp Reeve, 1905

This quote is often paraphrased as, “You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.”

 

 

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

Comments

[geniusofevil.livejournal.com]

I thought he was talking about a night club at first. I was so confused.

[pjthompson.livejournal.com]

There have been lots of writers who sought inspiration at clubs, too, but with mixed results. I don't believe London was averse to inspiration a la bottle.