Why do I write? It's not that I want people to think I am smart, or even that I am a good writer. I write because I want to end my loneliness. (Jonathan Safran Foer)

Why do I write? It's not that I want people to think I am smart, or even that I am a good writer. I write because I want to end my loneliness.

Jonathan Safran Foer

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