Ann Patchett: "I don't believe in writer's block."

Ann Patchett: I don't believe in writer's block. I really don't have it. I actually don't believe in it because I think some things are hard and some things take a long time to figure out, and some problems are unsolvable. And you will never figure them out. But it doesn't mean that you have a mental block. My husband is a doctor and he will have a patient come in. He might not know what's wrong with that patient. He might have to run a lot of tests. He might have to bring in other doctors, talk to the person for a long time. They may never figure out, but he doesn't come home and say, I have doctor's block. I can't go to work today. I'm blocked. It's a it's a weird self-indulgence that writers give themselves. Usually you should just work."

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