before i lose my style

michelledean:

basquecuisine:

I’m meeting with Edward Orloff soon, and my writing was complimented by people like a former editor of FSG, Stephen Elliott… Say you don’t like my writing, but don’t say that I’m definitively a horrible writer because you don’t like it.

Realize this is pretty unbecoming, but I just dislike the arrogance.

Marie: It is my opinion that lots of my own writing is really bad, for the record. I don’t think you, personally, are a horrible writer, because I haven’t read everything you’ve ever written yet. I can’t have. But I won’t say that I liked your piece when, to be honest, I didn’t. But I want to be clear: in my opinion, you nonetheless had every right to write it.

I can’t even with this. “Who are you going to believe, your own critical faculties or some dudes in publishing?” And she’s the arrogant one?

Michelle Dean’s response included for context and also because I agree with it.

(Source: mikkipedia)