An artist is a creature driven by demons. He doesn’t know why they chose him and he’s usually too busy to wonder why. He is completely amoral in that he will rob, borrow, beg, or steal from anybody and everybody to get the work done.

William Faulkner (1897-1962) American novelist

“The Art of Fiction,” Interview by Jean Stein, Paris Review #12 (Spring 1956)
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