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All writers need to work is a pen and a piece of paper, or
perhaps a laptop. That's what we might think -- but it's not actually that
simple. Authors are more complicated than that. To get their thoughts flowing,
they need coffee, tea, cigarettes, alcohol. The right location. And the right
position.
Some writers require the background noise of a café or the lulling
rhythm of a train. Others demand complete silence. The French philosopher
Jean-Jacques Rousseau couldn't come up with ideas without taking a long walk.
Just seeing a desk was enough to make him feel queasy -- and working while
lying down would certainly never have occurred to him.
German Nobel laureate Elfriede
Jelinek also needs wide open spaces for inspiration, but finds them by looking
out the window. In any case, both are the polar opposites of their artistic
brethren who can only be creative when they lie down. Continue reading...
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