“I knew my motivations for going to each place and what I was looking for. If I don't do that then I generally don't write about my travels.” IfsWritingMotivation Author:Jessa Crispin
“I don't think that if I had spent the time that I was in, say, Belgrade, writing about my time in Trieste, which is where I had just been, that would have been productive. I told myself: take extensive notes while you're there, do the research part of it, and then pray, pray, the muses will be available when the actual 'ready' happens.” IfsThinkingWritingHas BeensHappensReadyPrayingResearchNotesAvailableMy TimeProductiveMuseBelgrade Author:Jessa Crispin
“Once you leave, you're no longer of that country, but you are never actually of the country that you go to, and if you go back, you're not anywhere. You never belong to anything.” IfsCountry Author:Jessa Crispin