“In my 30s I used to go to the gym even though I hated it. The purpose of going to the gym was to postpone the day when I would stop going. That's what writing is to me: a way of postponing the day when I won't do it any more, the day when I will sink into a depression so profound it will be indistinguishable from perfect bliss.” WayWritingUsedPurposePerfectProfoundHatedBlissGymPostponing Author:Geoff Dyer
“He [Thelonious Monk] played each note as though astonished by the previous one, as though every touch of his fingers on the keyboard was correcting an error and this touch in turn became an error to be corrected and so the tune never quite ended up the way it was meant to.” WayTurnsErrorsNotesFingersTunesMonkNever QuitKeyboardsCorrecting Author:Geoff Dyer
“When you are lonely, writing can keep you company. It is also a form of self-compensation, a way of making up for things—as opposed to making things up—that did not quite happen.” WayWritingSelfHappensFormCompanyLonelyCompensationMaking Up Book:Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It Source: Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It
