Edward Rivera almost quit writing August before he won the Pulitzer Prize . By Junot Diaz from O , The Oprah Magazine , November . He had hundreds good pages but could n't write anything else he liked . After putting away 75 of filled pages , he tried to think of other professions . Says a writer is someone who ca n't stop writing -- even though no hope , no promise .
Edward Rivera almost quit writing August before he won the Pulitzer Prize . He had hundreds good pages but could n't write anything else he liked . After putting away 75 of filled pages , he tried to think of other professions . Says a writer is someone who ca n't stop writing -- even though no hope , no promise .