Obviously, where art has it over life is in the matter of editing. Life can be seen to … - Larry McMurtry

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The media often glamorizes successful founders and makes their paths seem easier than they actually were.

Larry McMurtry

Obviously, where art has it over life is in the matter of editing. Life can be seen to suffer from a drastic lack of editing. It stops too quick, or else it goes on too long. Worse, its pacing is erratic. Some chapters are little more than a few sentences in length, while others stretch into volumes. Life, for all its raw talent, has little sense of structure. It creates amazing textures, but it can't be counted on for snappy beginnings or good endings either. Indeed, in many cases no ending is provided at all.

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