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And The Process Of Reading Is Such A Private One. I Once Came Into A Room Where A Friend Of Mine Was Reading One Of My Books, And He Clicked His Tongue Impatiently And Shooed Me Off.

I Spent Many Years Of My Life As An Economist And Demographer. I Was Finally Distracted By Writing My Novels And Poetry. I'm Enormously Happy That Was The Case. I Feel That With Writing I Have Found My Metier.

For A Writer, Obsession Is A Good Substitute For Self-discipline.

Put Your Backbone Where Your Wishbone Is.

I Rarely Listen To Music While Writing. If I Don't Like It, It Bothers Me, And If I Like It, It Absorbs Me So Much I Can't Write.