A very 'nice' chat, with sprinkles of sugar and spice - popcorn for your thoughts.

We chat about:

- Humour/wit

- Becoming a writer

- Writing vs music as a form of expression

- Choices around becoming an accountant

- The personality of the accountant vs the dream for the writer within

- Daily writing habits

- What happens to the psyche when a dream comes true

- The first person Sven reads his novels out loud to

- Is being a full time writer financially viable?

Quotes we refer to in our conversation:

"So I hope that you will do the same for the rest of your lives. When things are going sweetly and peacefully, please pause a moment, and then say out loud, “If this isn’t nice, what is?”

- Kurt Vonnegut, If This Isn’t Nice, What is?

"Nobody will stop you from creating. Do it tonight. Do it tomorrow. That is the way to make your soul grow...The kick of creation is the act of creating, not anything that happens afterward. I would tell all of you watching this screen: Before you go to bed, write a four line poem. Make it as good as you can. Don't show it to anybody. Put it where nobody will find it. And you will discover that you have your reward."

- Kurt Vonnegut

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