There's always been in my life that tension between living and writing. For me, because I'm so physically exuberant, it was extra hard to sit still at the desk and put in the hours that you need to put in to write.

Peter Heller

Peter Heller

Always Because Been Between Desk Extra Exuberant Hard Hours Life Living Me My Life Need Physically Put Sit Still Tension Write Writing You

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