evidence: Red Smith was asked if turning out a daily column wasn’t quite a chore. …"Why, no," dead-panned Red. "You simply sit down at the typewriter, open your veins, and bleed." [...] Writing is easy. Just put a sheet of paper in the typewriter and start bleeding. [...] But it is hard, bitterly hard work. As Hemingway is reported to have said, "It is easy to write. Just sit in front of your typewriter and bleed." Internally, of course. On the outside all that is visible is cold sweat and a distracted air.