Most of the writers I know are weird hybrids. There's a strong streak of egomania coupled with extreme shyness. Writing's kind of like exhibitionism in private. And there's also a strange loneliness, and a desire to have some kind of conversation with people, but not a real great ability to do it in person.
David Foster WallaceI'd tell you all you want and more, if the sounds I made could be what you hear
David Foster WallaceI miss everyone. I can remember being young and feeling a thing and identifying it as homesickness, and then thinking well now thatโs odd, isnโt it, because I was home, all the time. What on earth are we to make of that?
David Foster Wallace