"The very act of writing a novel or painting or performing your song needs arrogance - an arrogance that says: 'I have a unique insight and I have the talent to give that insight a form and the confidence to ask you to come and have a look at what I'm doing.' That is an arrogance that puts us somewhere up there with the gods."
which he follows with, only a few paragraphs later:
"The truth is that this arrogance is only a fleeting moment. It's the fuel to get the unsteady craft off the ground. Pretty soon, the doubt sets in."
Near the end of the article, where he talks about stifling the urge to rework everything he's ever written, he adds:
"But it's better to move on and create more imperfect work than to go over the same ground seeking for impossible perfection."
I don't totally agree with this last statement, but it certainly captures the need to keep moving forward and creating new work, rather than revisiting the past.
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