“The
life of the professional writer - like that of any freelance, whether she be a
plumber or a podiatrist - is predicated on willpower. Without it there simply
wouldn't be any remuneration, period.” – Will Self
Born in London on this date in 1961,
Self is an author, journalist, political commentator and television personality
who has written 11 novels, 5 collections of shorter fiction, 3 novellas, and 5
collections of non-fiction.
A columnist for the British
political and cultural journal The New Statesman,
he also is a regular contributor to publications like The Guardian, Harper's,
and The New York Times. A
graduate of Oxford University, where he studied politics, philosophy and
economics, he actually started at The New
Statesman as a political cartoonist while also pursuing a career as a
standup comic. But he was always drawn
to writing, something he had first done for Oxford student publications.
“I write because I feel driven to
write,” he said. “I write from a sense of inner necessity. I
don't write for anything other than that.”
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