I protect my writing, I protect it from the same urgency to publish".
And yet, for all that this comes to feel like a device, it does lend a keen urgency to his writing.
This may explain the sense of urgency that drove Kierkegaard to write so prolifically in the years leading up to his 34th birthday.
That urgency led Weill and Anderson to write some of their most openly heart-tugging material — a long way from the distancing ironies of Brecht.
Time Magazine has said of him: "Himmelman writes songs with the same urgency that compelled the Lost Generation to write novels".
"I decided to write for children as a matter of urgency and necessity.
On my own again at 47, I holed up to write a book about our marriage and the urgency of savoring what you have while you have it.
With Election Special, Cooder wanted to write an album with direct lyrics and encourage urgency in listeners during the US presidential election of 2012.
Besides, his urgency comes not just from needing a place to sleep, but a place to write.
Yet there was a tumble and urgency to his writing that broke free of this philosophical anchor.
