The one who forces themselves to write is condemned to a staring contest with the page.

 If a person complains of “not being able to find something to write,” it is because the pen has become a burden, and in everything they write, they are haunted by the fear of “productivity.” They force inspiration upon themselves, for they desire the very urge to write to arise. Yet the one who forces themselves to write is condemned to a staring contest with the page.