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I write with a sort of grim determination to deal with things that are hidden and difficult and this means, I think, that pleasure is out of the question. I would associate this with narcissism anyway and I would disapprove of it.

Colm Toibin
Determination, Writing, Mean
"Writing is 'no fun', says Toíbín" by Alison Flood, www.theguardian.com. March 2, 2009.
I write with a sort of grim determination to deal with things that are hidden and difficult and this means, I think, that pleasure is out of the question. I would associate this with narcissism anyway and I would