tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19315393.post4064460134289744887..comments2020-12-14T19:30:22.749-08:00Comments on Neil's Notebook: How to be a successful writer (and how to fail)Neilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03397463075189044198noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19315393.post-41835566464361822902012-02-23T04:05:58.394-08:002012-02-23T04:05:58.394-08:00These are good thoughts, Neil, and Twyla hits it b...These are good thoughts, Neil, and Twyla hits it bang on. I've learnt far more from my (many) failures than from my (not so many) successes - most notably that if you don't listen really hard and really carefully to that creative voice, you've only got yourself to blame.Jamie Jaunceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10487256106040012552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19315393.post-78263100792715408922012-02-23T00:25:31.283-08:002012-02-23T00:25:31.283-08:00"She knows there's no success like failur..."She knows there's no success like failure,<br />and that failure is no success at all."<br /><br />There's generally a Bob Dylan quote to fit a situation. There's also the Bob Dylan situation. Why does he keep touring the world and performing into his seventies? And why does he keep changing even the most familiar of his songs? I certainly don't think it's for the money so perhaps he's trying to ward off his own sense of creative failure.John Simmonshttp://www.26fruits.co.uknoreply@blogger.com