I said: "You think I write these letters--these short stories, these three-act plays--on purpose to annoy you.

Do let me try to get the idea out of your head.

Personally, I hate work--hate it as much as you do.

This is a pleasant little town of yours: given a free choice, I could spend the whole day mooning round it, never putting pen to paper.

But what am I to do?
I have a wife and children.