Viet Thanh Nguyen
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Podcast Appearances
Or will I get this fancy residency?
And so on.
I realized those are accidental.
If I got those things, would they make me happier?
Would they make me a better writer?
No, they're just baubles, which doesn't mean they're not bad.
It doesn't mean they're bad.
I mean, I would take them.
But again, the only thing that matters is sitting down at a desk and writing.
Now, people doing different things is different.
If you're a ballplayer, it's like you do the sport, you do the discipline.
And there's something beautiful in that.
And of course, you want to be paid a million dollars for it.
But is that...
I don't know.
I'm not in sports.
You're in sports.
Is that what really matters?
I don't know.
Yeah, I think about the fact that yes, a million dollars is awesome.