Wake Oneself Up

“To do what I want, and not to do what I won't - this is why I entered such a life.”
― Pico Iyer, The Lady and the Monk: Four Seasons in Kyoto

“I’d turned to writing because it offered few escape routes or hiding places; it’s harder to lie to yourself on the page than in the world.”
― Pico Iyer, The Man within My Head

“Writing of every kind is a way to wake oneself up and keep as alive as when one has just fallen in love.”
― Pico Iyer