Writer as Cabinetmaker

“I’m definitely more a cabinetmaker than a tormented artist. Not that writing comes easy. I don’t know about cabinetmakers, but I often get stuck. Then I get sleepy and have to lie down. Or I make myself leave the house—walking sometimes produces a solution. The problem is usually one of logic or point of view.”

— Janet Malcolm (The Paris Review: The Art of Nonfiction No.4)