you see

It's not good for the writing
being around writers.
Or in little smoke filled rooms
when they read it.
And don't believe in voice.
Don't believe in performance.
Believe in solitude
or simply
don't believe in any of it
at all.

Edmond Burke

"Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites".
Irish orator, philosopher, & politician (1729 - 1797)

He has an impressive stack of quotes.
I only knew one.