Anthony Bourdain on Writing

wee · 02-26-2013, 11:04 AM

I haven't posted here in ages & ages, but I had to share this one. From his Reddit AMA:

Quote:

Cooking professionally is hard work. Writing is a privilege and a luxury. Anybody who whines about writers block should be forced to clean squid all day.

The Quote

The Full AMA

Well, then.

Purple Rose · 02-26-2013, 11:09 AM

Having cleaned A LOT of squid when I once worked in a kitchen, and having cooked three meals a day for guests when I ran a villa in Bali, I must agree with Bourdain.

zarada · 02-26-2013, 11:12 AM

cooking profesionally in a busy middle of the road restaurant where creativity is practically more of an impediment than a requirement must be sheer torture for a creative soul.

i'll take writer's block anytime.

Diana_Rajchel · 02-26-2013, 11:02 PM

I haven't cleaned squid. Detasseled corn, worked on a plastics line, answered calls from people that could not read who all screamed a lot ... Writer's block is apples to those oranges.

Ashwood · 02-26-2013, 11:46 PM

Anthony is awesome, does anyone else watch No Reservations?

But I agree with him. If and when I get paid to write professionally, I would take writer's block over mostly anything to be honest.

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02-26-2013, 11:12 AM	#3
zarada practical experience, FTW Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 140	cooking profesionally in a busy middle of the road restaurant where creativity is practically more of an impediment than a requirement must be sheer torture for a creative soul. i'll take writer's block anytime.