“Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.”
— George Orwell
Simplified Meaning:
Writing a book is very hard and tiring, like being sick for a long time. People do it because they feel they must, even though they don't fully know or control why.
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