[B]eing a writer is much more important to the person, to the writer, than being anything else is to the person being it.[…] More than being a painte… - Kingsley Amis

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[B]eing a writer is much more important to the person, to the writer, than being anything else is to the person being it.[…] More than being a painter is to the painter or being a composer of music is to the composer, more than being anything else except maybe being a priest.