Me: “I’M GONNA GO WRITE! I’M GONNA WRITE SO MUCH AND GET THIS NOVEL DONE AND IT WILL BE AMAZING :D”
Reality:
I have a strong heart filled with many weaknesses.
Most of the writers I know are weird hybrids. There’s a strong streak of egomania coupled with extreme shyness. Writing’s kind of like exhibitionism in private. And there’s also a strange loneliness, and a desire to have some kind of conversation with people, but not a real great ability to do it in person.
David Foster Wallace, 1996 (via sometimesagreatnotion)