Inconvenience is an example of constraintt, and inconvenienceis of constraint. Count rostov says it has been the inconveniences that have mattered to me most. The trials of being a parent are part of what makes us who we are. We can go through transformation where you might take on something that's more difficult to achieve. And so yes, i think there's a very natural transition a to go from these things that we surprise and love, that we have access to. It's almost essential to the realization of those things as constraints.
Author Amor Towles talks about his book, A Gentleman in Moscow, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Along the way they discuss the craft of writing, the wellsprings of persistence, and Towles's reading habits.