"One could not simply study to be a writer, but had to wage a war in which one’s sanity was at..."

“One could not simply study to be a writer, but had to wage a war in which one’s sanity was at stake.” - On Knut Hamsun’s attempt to become a writer from the book Dreamer and Dissenter by Ingar Sletten Kolloen

See original: les deserts de l'amour, "One could not simply study to be a writer, but had to wage a war in which one’s sanity was at..."