Bono and Flannery: Harder to Believe Than Go Crazy Tonight

“It’s not a hill, it’s a mountain as you start out the climb…” 
― U2, “I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight”

“I think there is no suffering greater than what is caused by the doubts of those
who want to believe. … It is much harder to believe than not to believe.” 
― Flannery O’Connor, The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O’Connor

At first glance, these quotes don’t really seem to have anything to do with each other. One is pop psychology from “the world’s most popular band” (or used to be anyway). The other is a quote about religion (particularly her own Catholicism) by perhaps the greatest Southern fiction writer to have ever lived.

But, with a little spackle and some good old-fashioned chiseling around the edges, I think I can force-fit them easily into a discussion about writing and writers and imposter syndrome and feeling like a failure. 

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