Writing is more than anything a compulsion, like some people wash their hands thirty times a day for fear of awful consequences if they do not. It pays a whole lot better than this type of compulsion, but it is no more heroic.
Source: Sex and Sensibility, Introduction, 1992.
-- Julie Burchill, (Jul 3 1959-____), English writer; She is renowned for her invective and often contentious prose.