Lorrie Moore Quote

The compulsion to read and write — and it seems to me it should be, even must be, a compulsion — is a bit of mental wiring the species has selected, over time, in order, as the life span increases, to keep us interested in ourselves.

The Agony and the Ego (1993)

The compulsion to read and write — and it seems to me it should be, even must be, a compulsion — is a bit of mental wiring the species has...

The compulsion to read and write — and it seems to me it should be, even must be, a compulsion — is a bit of mental wiring the species has...

The compulsion to read and write — and it seems to me it should be, even must be, a compulsion — is a bit of mental wiring the species has...

The compulsion to read and write — and it seems to me it should be, even must be, a compulsion — is a bit of mental wiring the species has...