'Some of the best things I’ve ever read were cobbled together on deadline. I’ve read overnight obituaries of people who died unexpectedly that crystallized their lives more eloquently than pieces written months after the fact. I’ve read editorials about historical tragedies written within hours of their occurrence that fix my tangled feelings like an emotional snapshot.
These pieces are great not in spite of the fact that they were written quickly, but because of it. Writing fast means writing on instinct. When you write on instinct you can’t do much second-guessing or revising. You have to give up your inhibitions and let your fingertips dance on the keys. Sometimes the result is gibberish. But other times it’s better than you would have done if you’d had more time, because it comes from a pure place. The core of your being — the deep self that emerges during sports, dream-sleep, and sex — stands up, cracks its knuckles, and tells the conscious mind, “Move over, kid. I’m driving.”'
- Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture
