The Truth About Writing: It's All Carrots, No Sticks

“I think that some place like Yaddo or the MacDowell Colony would really depress me, because you couldn’t go shopping. There’d just be no reward at the end of the day; there’d be no fun thing that you do.”
–Elizabeth Wurtzel explains how writing actually does work. (You may want to sub in “porn” or “videogames” but sure.) (via)