"I have to write to be happy whether I get paid for it or not. But it’s a hell of a disease to be..."

“I have to write to be happy whether I get paid for it or not. But it’s a hell of a disease to be born with. I like to do it. Which is even worse. That makes it from a disease into a vice. Then I want to do it better than anyone has ever done it which makes it into an obsession. An obsession is terrible. Hope you haven’t got any.”

- Ernest Hemingway