It takes a lot of time to be a genius. You have to sit around so much, doing nothing, really doing nothing.

I like a view but I like to sit with my back to it.

Said Gertrude Stein.

Generally speaking anybody is more interesting doing nothing than doing something.

I tell all the young ones now to write essays, after all since characters are of no importance why not just write meditations, meditations are always interesting, neither character nor identity are necessary to him who meditates.