See, It’s Not Just Me
According to WRITTEN LIVES by Javier Marías, writers are odd, as a quote from his book review at the Washington Post illustrates:
“The one thing that leaps out when you read about these authors,” writes the acclaimed Spanish novelist Javier Marías, “is that they were all fairly disastrous individuals; and although they were probably no more so than anyone else whose life we know about, their example is hardly likely to lure one along the path of letters.”
Ha. So there. It ain’t just me. Wait, double negative…