Goodreads asked Angus Watson:

How do you get inspired to write?

Angus Watson It's my job, and has been for over ten years. I don't have a boss, so nobody makes me write and theoretically I could spend my days drinking Special Brew on a park bench, doing yoga or whatever, but I'd feel pretty silly if I did and I'd soon starve.
Actually I wouldn't starve any more, since I'm now married to a very successful and hard-working woman, but I'd feel pretty awful if she came home exhausted after a tough day and I'd spent hours lying on the sofa eating crisps.
So my inspiration to write is simply that's it's what I do, and that I'd feel guilty if I didn't.
(I should add that I believe the route to happiness is to impress yourself every now and then. Not in a bombastic way, but to every now and then know that you've done something well and to quietly, metaphorically pat yourself on the back. So although I'm naturally lazy and the sort of man who could very easily spend the whole day in the bath, I know that the route to happiness is work, and I like being happy.

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