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The quote says that writing is usually a lonely activity and requires comfort with working alone. It also suggests that people who cannot handle isolation should not expect to succeed as writers.
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About Will Self
English writer, journalist, political commentator and broadcaster
Will Self is an English writer, journalist, political commentator and broadcaster. He is known for his fiction and nonfiction work, and for a career that spans novels, shorter fiction, novellas and essays. He has written 11 novels, five collections of shorter fiction, three novellas and nine collections of non-fiction writing. He is also an honorary Professor at Brunel University London, where his interests include psychogeography.
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