Now I understand why I roll up a weaving and put it in a trunk when it is finished, and I don’t like to reread a story or novel once it’s completed. Interviewer: When you’re flipping channels and you come across a “Seinfeld” rerun, do you flip right past it or do you linger? Seinfeld: Right past. I think there’s a level of focus you need to get something to a certain point creatively, and you pay a price for that, which is you can’t ever look at it again. (From “Jerry Seinfeld Says Jokes Are Not Real Life” Interview by Dan Amira, The New York Times Magazine, 08/19/18, p. 58). For more thoughts on writing, see REFLECTIONS).
