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I think it's bad to talk about one's present work, for it spoils something at the root of the creative act. It discharges the tension.

Norman Mailer
Writing, Thinking, Roots
Norman Mailer, Michael Lennon (1988). “Conversations with Norman Mailer”, p.86, Univ. Press of Mississippi
I think it's bad to talk about one's present work, for it spoils something at the root of the creative act. It discharges the tension.