French Novelist
1821 - 1880
1821 - 1880
For me, I work best when my everyday life is dull and boring. The more things I can do as a routine habit allows my mind to flow freely. My wife, though, keeps me on my toes by constantly re-arranging the house. She reorganizes the kitchen cabinets periodically. I go to pour myself a cup of coffee and the cups are not where they should be. When I am looking for a bowl or a plate, it is not where it should be. But she doesn't stop with the kitchen. She re-arranges the various rooms to suit her moods. All this re-learning is a challenge for someone who prefers to keep his routines the same every day. The reason I prefer routines is so my mind does not have to worry about what shirt to wear or what food to eat. My mind is free to concentrate on what is important like the poem I am writing. The more normal and routine my life is; the more I can go crazy in my mind. As a writer I live in my imagination. Some might call me the absent-minded professor.
