Write Not for Money Nor Fame
As we navigate those debris-laden floodwaters, in an effort to reach the shores of publishing our words, consider the wisdom of Samuel Beckett. Nobel Prize-winning playwright, novelist, poet, director, and translator extraordinaire, Beckett once told French-American novelist Raymond Federman, “Raymond, whatever you write, never compromise, and if you plan to write for money or fame, do something else,” as quoted from Martin Chipperfield’s editorial (34th Parallel Magazine, is
