rightupmyalley.

24. Working in PR/Comms in NYC. Generally obsessed with restaurants, tech & startups. Often sarcastic, abundantly curious. Can usually be found sticking my nose where it belongs.
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Too accurate.

Too accurate.

From the February issue of the New Yorker.

From the February issue of the New Yorker.

austinkleon:

“Dear Mom and Dad: Thanks for the happy childhood. You’ve destroyed any chance I had of becoming a writer.” (New Yorker cartoon by Alex Gregory.)

Was reminded of this cartoon when I read this post:

A few weeks ago, a woman asked me for advice about her teenage daughter. “She wants to be a writer,” the mother said. “What should we be doing?”

My first response would’ve been, “Have you tried talking her out of it?