Sidewalks by Valeria Luiselli


"...after the umpteenth comma deleted and undeleted, I suddenly lose the will to continue writing...I know the times I feel most excited about what I'm writing are when I should be most suspicious...the worst moment to stop writing is when I no longer feel like going on. On those occasions, it's always better to keep rapping thoughts into the keyboard, like drilling holes in the ground, until the exact word emerges."