Ask the Author: Manuel A. Crespo-Rodríguez
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Manuel A. Crespo-Rodríguez
I did a genealogical research in my own family, found information up to the early nineteenth hundreds and yet I have not found a picture of my paternal great-grandfather. He is almost forgotten, died very young and my living family know him from second and third accounts of his life and likeness.
Manuel A. Crespo-Rodríguez
I wouldn't. I love reality, even with it's ugliness.
Manuel A. Crespo-Rodríguez
I read the classics, the people from antiquity, to get inspired. My advice: always read the classics first. Read Plato, Aristotle, Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, The Bible, The Quran, One Thousand and One Nights, The Bhagavad Gita, Descartes, Nietzsche, Kant... you get the gist.
Get yourself a man or woman. Socrates married an unagreeable woman and became a philosopher. That should inspire anyone to write.
Get yourself a man or woman. Socrates married an unagreeable woman and became a philosopher. That should inspire anyone to write.
Manuel A. Crespo-Rodríguez
Currently I am working on poetry, short stories and the occasional sociological-historical research.
Manuel A. Crespo-Rodríguez
Write, write and write. That's it. Bukowski once said "don't try" and Master Yoda learned from him and expanded the lesson: "do or do not, there is no try".
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