A daily commute on public transportation might be one of the best things for someone who wants to write. If the commute is long enough, but not too long. To be stuck in a seat, with changing scenery, and nothing to do save read or write or think — it’s a catalyst for ideas if you can stay off your phone. Dylan talks about this, about how he wrote a lot of his early songs on trains and buses and in cars, about the utility of movement. And if it’s all right for Bobby Z then it’s all right with me. View high resolution

A daily commute on public transportation might be one of the best things for someone who wants to write. If the commute is long enough, but not too long. To be stuck in a seat, with changing scenery, and nothing to do save read or write or think — it’s a catalyst for ideas if you can stay off your phone. Dylan talks about this, about how he wrote a lot of his early songs on trains and buses and in cars, about the utility of movement. And if it’s all right for Bobby Z then it’s all right with me.

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