Boredom Provides A Stronger Inclination To Write

I Need My Natural Laziness To Be Counteracted By Obsession In Order To Do Anything.

Quietly They Moved Down The Calm And Sacred River That Had Come Down To Earth So That Its Waters Might Flow Over The Ashes Of Those Long Dead, And That Would Continue To Flow Long After The Human Race Had, Through Hatred And Knowledge, Burned Itself Out.

You Know, I Can Imagine Not Writing A Novel And Writing Poetry Only.

I Want My Books To Sell, To Be Read. I'm Not Interested In Being Obscure.

Those Books Of Mine That Are Remunerative - I'm Not Talking About Poetry Here - Take Years To Write, And I Am Never Sure They'll Be Successful. So Writing Is A Risk In More Senses Than One.