It's what you've been a part of for so long. I don't think I can watch a game without an interest in who wins.
A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool.
If you write fiction, you're by yourself. There are certain advantages to that in that you don't have to explain anything to anybody. But when you get in with others who share the loneliness of the whole enterprise, you're not lonely anymore.