I don't think that if I had spent the time that I was in, say, Belgrade, writing about my time in Trieste, which is where I had just been, that would have been productive. I told myself: take extensive notes while you're there, do the research part of it, and then pray, pray, the muses will be available when the actual 'ready' happens.
Jessa CrispinOnce you leave, you're no longer of that country, but you are never actually of the country that you go to, and if you go back, you're not anywhere. You never belong to anything.
Jessa CrispinJust send the emails and talk to people. Spend all your money on nail polish and opera tickets.
Jessa CrispinThere's this resistance to actually talking to people who are smarter than you about things and I don't know why that is.
Jessa Crispin