WANT TO BE A WRITER?

Haven't stopped thinking of Charles Bukowski's verse since I read this post on Zafar's blog followed by Tina Brown's interview in Tehelka:

....if it doesn't come bursting out of you
in spite of everything,
don't do it.
unless it comes unasked out of your
heart and your mind and your mouth
and your gut,
don't do it.
if you have to sit for hours
staring at your computer screen
or hunched over your
typewriter
searching for words,
don't do it.
if you're doing it for money or
fame,
don't do it.

Read on....