“One day I started writing, not knowing that
I had chained myself for life to a noble but
merciless master. When God hands you a gift,
he also hands you a whip; and the whip is
intended solely for self-flagellation…
I'm here alone in my dark madness,
all by myself with my deck of cards —
and, of course, the whip God gave me.”
– Truman Capote