I think I write or publish as much as I do because I can bear being without a book to work on. But routinely when I finish a book, I think, "What will I do? Where will I get an idea?" And a kind of low-level panic sets in. And then eventually something happens. I don't know. If I knew how it happened I would repeat the process, but I don't know - something just occurs to me.
Philip RothI have a slogan I use when I get anxious writing, which happens quite a bit: โthe ordeal is part of the commitment.โ Itโs one of my mantras. It makes a lot of things doable.
Philip RothThis is what you know about someone you have to hate: he charges you with his crime and castigates himself in you.
Philip Roth