Tony Parsons - Largely this is a class thing - writers tend to be cosseted little middle-class kiddi...

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Largely this is a class thing - writers tend to be cosseted little middle-class kiddies who think that the world owes them a royalty cheque. But just doing it - being in your room for years on end, locked in your head, alone with invented ghosts - it weakens and softens the body. And I know I can't just live in my head.

Tony Parsons

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Zum großen Teil ist dies eine Klassensache - Schriftsteller sind in der Regel niederträchtige kleine Mittelklassekinder, die der Meinung sind, dass die Welt ihnen eine Lizenzgebühr schuldet. Aber nur das zu tun - jahrelang in Ihrem Zimmer zu sein, in Ihrem Kopf eingeschlossen, allein mit erfundenen Geistern - es schwächt und macht den Körper weich. Und ich weiß, dass ich nicht einfach in meinem Kopf leben kann.

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