If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no matter what you are doing driving a car or walking or doing housework you can still be writing because you have that space.
As a teacher at Princeton I'm surrounded by people who work hard so I just...
I wanted to end my life so bad and was in my car ready to go down that ramp...
If you're interested in 'balancing' work and pleasure stop trying to balance them. Instead make your work more pleasurable.
