I am a very linear thinker, so I write beginning to end. I write hundreds of pages per book that never make it into print.
Idleness does drive me crazy, but I'd rather read or write than do anything just to work. A kind of respect has been instilled in me for acting: I love it too much to ever have a bad relationship with it.
Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.