We don’t know what the writer is trying to pull off in Faulkner’s reference. I think, though, sometimes the writer DOES pull it off. Winning that energy from trying and succeeding is what keeps us going, and keeps us believing, “I can pull it off, if I just keep trying.”
At least, that’s why I keep writing like crazy. I think I can pull it out of my ass one more time.
Michael Seidel, writer 
Maybe William never pulled it off because he never learned to trust his demon, eh?
(Map of mental tangents: William Faulkner… “A Rose for Emily”… “A Rose for Ecclesiastes”… that “Roger Said” quote you shared a while back…)
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Yes, those demons are wily creatures. Roger trusts his, but everyone’s demons are different. Mine often look like cats.
Excellent mental tangents.
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