The real drawback to the simple life is that it is not simple. If you are living it, you positively can do nothing else. There is not time.
“I eventually thought, this is the only thing I could do as a profession, I can't really do anything else.”
“And indeed if you think you're a genius at something, what you achieve is very much according to your expectations; if you think you're no good, you're not going to get anywhere.”