I found this quote in ‘The French Lieutenant’s Woman’ and thought it was interesting. Food for thought maybe
“…novelists write for countless different reasons: for money, for fame, for reviewers, for parents, for friends, for loved ones; for vanity, for pride, for curiosity, for amusement: as skilled furniture makers enjoy making furniture, as drunkards like drinking, as judges like judging, as Sicilians like emptying a shotgun into an enemy’s back. I could fill a book with reasons…..”
It started me thinking about all the different reasons there are for writing and why we enjoy it so much. I’ve obviously got too much time on my hands. Far too much thinking going on.
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What about a Sicilian writer?
Scicilian writers enjoy writing about people putting holes in peoples’ backs with shotguns, I reckon.
Some of my best friends are Sicilian…. And I don’t want to get shot in the back.
You probably just need to know the right Sicilian people! I know a few who do not shoot people in the back. Maybe there’s a new trend?
One day I hope to travel to Sicily so I’ll check it out.
My Dad was based in Sicily for a while. He loved it.