And I not only inherited an aversion to the nine-to-five routine, but the sense from my parents that being bored and boring is the worst thing that you can be.
Neophyte writers tend to believe that there is something magical about ideas and that if they can just get a hold of a good one, then their futures are ensured.
To my utter despair I have discovered, and discover every day anew, that there is in the masses no revolutionary idea or hope or passion.