Like the Beatles
The profile of Paul McCartney in last week’s New Yorker is a great read.
What I’m always most amazed about the Beatles is the way they worked. They just wrote songs like that, did a few albums a year, without fuss. Just kind of sat around, thought of a tune, and did it. Sometimes various versions, and just picked the best one.
That’s the way to create if you can do it. Kafka used to write whole stories in a single sitting. Richard Posner writes opinions in one sitting.
You just can’t be too fussy about the details or getting things perfect, as the Beatles, at least at first, weren’t.