Solitude is obviously dangerous for people with active brains. We need men around us who have ideas and like talking. Leave us alone for any length of time, and we start filling the void with supernatural creatures.
There are very few professions in which people just sit down and think hard for five or six hours a day all by themselves. Of course it's why you want to become a writer _ because you have the liberty to do that, but once you have the liberty you also have the obligation to do it.
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There are very few professions in which people just sit down and think hard for five or six hours a day all by themselves. Of course it's why you want to become a writer _ because you have the liberty to do that, but once you have the liberty you also have the obligation to do it.
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