“The writer fears nothing so much as happiness, which is understandable, for writing is conserving, recording, ordering, but happiness avoids language, eludes words, hides in the past, and crumbles when you try to explain it.”
—Nelio Biedermann, ‘Lázár’
@johnrakestraw I find this true to what many writers have told me.
I am the opposite though. I need Maslov’s hierarchy at least in working order, for me to successfully create worlds from scratch.