I got used to hear, from time to time, this endearing question: \"Who helps you choose the titles you write?\". To this I have repeatedly answered: \"you\", that is, Man himself, the near and the far. The writer who is far from people does not write for them. Today, I would not be changing my answer if I also confidently said: \u201clife, with its constant and predictable details and coincidences, is a generous source for committed writing, for writing essays and other things\u201d; a scene on the road; a note-worthy word, an unforeseen event, something related to the insight of the Church or to the ministry\u2026 I will not be dwelling on \u201cthe moments of inspiration\u201d, above which the inspired Dostoevsky elevated the effort he put in writing, if I exalted coincidences or said that they had often saved me from forgetting things I missed. What remains, from my answer today, are books, that is, reading in general. Books are, like Man, a suitable source for writing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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