‘Metaphors churn on a walk to the shop. Phrases spin on the way to the park. If there’s a stubborn knot of a problem, I save it for a run, where it is magically untangles and is recorded, breathlessly, on my phone.’
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‘Knowing your own best work rhythms will save you both from making excuses, and from expecting too much of yourself at the wrong moment. ‘
‘Letters, notebooks and diaries testify to an ability to write with tolerable coherence without prior planning. Everything else has me pacing…’