writing is aspirational

Once my books are published, I don’t open them again. Not even to flip through it (besides the occasional signing). Because the moment I do, I want to change everything. But I think I'm coming to learn and understand that it's just the nature of art. My taste will always be aspirational. And that's okay . . . since I chose to become an author, I wish I had learned this sooner.

“All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. . . . And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit . . . It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. . . . You’ve just gotta fight your way through.” ― Ira Glass