Every novelist has a different purpose-and often several purposes which might even be contradictory.
Writing for the theater, you find yourself living a nocturnal life
You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer
I've gone on the wagon, but my body doesn't believe it.
The romantic idea is that everybody around a writer must suffer for his talent. I think a writer is a citizen of humanity, part of his nation, part of his family. He may have to make some compromises.
Writing is finally play, and there's no reason why you should get paid for playing