If surgeons don't get surgeon's block, then why are you allowed to get writer's block?
Cory DoctorowEach generation of rabbis is necessarily less perfect than the rabbis that came before, since each generation is more removed from the perfection of the Garden. Therefore, no rabbi is allowed to overturn any of his forebears' wisdom, since they are all, by definition, smarter than him.
Cory DoctorowWrite even when the world is chaotic. You donโt need a cigarette, silence, music, a comfortable chair, or inner peace to write. You just need ten minutes and a writing implement.
Cory Doctorow