V.S. Naipaul to Margaret Murray Gooding, 1973-07-13

"I often think: I'll write this afternoon, after the first few dear hours in the day when (in the morning) I can think very clearly and do my best writing. But then I am mentally so exhausted that I prefer not to write, because everything will only be mechanical. It is so good of you to say that you understand what I tried to say about the process of writing with me..."