January 8th, 2012 / 11:07 pm
 Power Quote & Snippets
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Samuel Beckett: “The writer is like a foetus trying to do gymnastics.”

17 Comments

  1. January 9th, 2012 / 12:07 am Matt Tyler—

      whats a foetus

  2. January 9th, 2012 / 1:29 am c2k—

      A fetus (sic) – on pommel horse – is like a writer.

  3. January 9th, 2012 / 3:46 am Deadgodfan1—

      So a writer is a person trying to do something that is entirely impossible?

  4. January 9th, 2012 / 3:50 am Deadgodfan1—

      or a writer is a person attempting to do something highly complex while hindered by underdeveloped tools and abilities to handle the said complexities?

  5. January 9th, 2012 / 4:13 am Trey—

      yes, exactly

  6. January 9th, 2012 / 4:53 am Brooks Sterritt—

      Sammy was a special fœtus.

  7. January 9th, 2012 / 5:33 am John—
  8. January 9th, 2012 / 8:11 am Jonathan Safran Foer—

      A precocious foetus…

  9. January 9th, 2012 / 10:06 am deadgod—

      Well – “impossible”, or ‘unavoidable’.  –in the case that all of a foetus’s larger-structure movements are a kind of “gymnastics”.

  10. January 9th, 2012 / 10:48 am deadgod—

      A writer is a foetus trying to do gymnastics.
      A writer is a gymnast trying to metamorphose itself.
      A foetus is a writer trying to do gymnastics.
      A foetus is a gymnast trying to write.
      A gymnast is a writer trying to metamorphose itself.
      A gymnast is a foetus trying to write.

  11. January 9th, 2012 / 10:58 am 88888888888888888888888—

      “Impossible” or ‘impassable’

  12. January 9th, 2012 / 11:48 am mimi—

      The writer is like a man trying to get pregnant.

  13. January 9th, 2012 / 2:02 pm Helen—

      I try to find a Lamaze/’Breath’ joke. But I fail.

  14. January 9th, 2012 / 3:51 pm c2k—

      Fetus (sic) trying to do gymnastics is one of my favorite animated gifs.

  15. January 9th, 2012 / 4:29 pm c2k—

      Speaking of art in utero, 11 days until birth of the film version of EL&IL. Best of luck, JSF.

  16. January 9th, 2012 / 9:02 pm Jonathan Safran Foer—

      Thanks! Test-marketing is going really well and reviews outside of NYC are okay

  17. January 10th, 2012 / 11:24 pm Matt Tyler—

      brain = tool trying to explain the thing gripping it.