Steady as a Rock

[meganiwish]

But this is the hand I shoot with.  Gene Wilder, a very funny man.

[Bubba136]

The real problem with talented people whose work you enjoy so much is that they don't do enough of it before they're no longer with us.

[Shyheels]

No kidding. One of my favourite writers, Norman MacLean, didn't publish his first, and only, novel - the achingly beautiful A River Runs Through It - until he was in his mid-seventies. And then died shortly afterwards!

[Logjam]

Gene W was one of my favorites! He will be missed.

Logjam

[SF]

food makes me sick....

[Chorlini]

On 1-9-2016 at 3:59 AM, Shyheels said:

No kidding. One of my favourite writers, Norman MacLean, didn't publish his first, and only, novel - the achingly beautiful A River Runs Through It - until he was in his mid-seventies. And then died shortly afterwards!

Sometimes that's all they have in them. Better to have one or two really good works then a one or two really good works followed by a steady decline. Dune comes to mind. Awesome book that touches about many core themes. The books that followed....., not so much.

[Shyheels]

True. Better to leave your readers begging for more than having them wish you'd shut up and go away

[meganiwish]

Of course, you do have the option of holding your counsel.  Death doesn't necessarily follow as a result of keeping quiet.

[Shyheels]

How many writers or singers, for that matter, actually quit when they've nothing more they wish to say or produce? Harper Lee almost did. I suppose Abba has - they steadfastly won't regroup because they don't wish to spoil their legacy with what would bound to be badly aged work. There's J.D. Salinger, I suppose. Who else? 

[meganiwish]

REM, famously and honourably.

[mtnsofheels]

How about Tina Turner?