“Writing is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a bout of some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.” That's George Orwell.

“I've never written easily; most of the time I detest the process.” That's Leonard Cohen.

“People write for the same reason they climb mountains. And neither writers nor mountain climbers can explain it.” That's me.