B: . . .When I wrote AM I said: 'This is the last time I shall write anything; now I want to have peace and quiet, watch TV, lie in the sun, go to the movies, have a few affairs and just make minimal preparations for the lectures that feed me.'
A: But you continued to write.
B: That was the biggest mistake of my life.
Three Dialogues on Knowledge, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1991. p.157.