The Paris Review 250. Winter 2024.
The Art of Fiction No. 266
page 216:
Avoiding writing, as most writers do. ... to get [the writing] flowing can take half an hour of procrastination. It's go to be that way, because you're calling on something that lies in hiding. The mind is constructed such that the true, rich, deep subject matter of writing is not easily accessible. How could it be? In a way, it's almost protecting itself. "Let me stay where I belong."
Note: this notion has associations with [[Bruno Schulz - The Book]] and the idea of retreating from reality.
// the imaginary and the reality /