Skimming through Geoff Dyer’s Out of Sheer Rage,[1] which traces the footsteps of his hero, D.H. Lawrence, and which bristles with passages from the master’s many books, I am ever more grateful that I have elected not to become a writer. It never ceases to amaze me how tedious good writing can be!

Footnote

1. London: Abacus, 1997.