How Can You Call Yourself a Writer?

"What could be more within the sphere of interest of a writer than the world?" "I think about that a lot in terms of number one, this desire. I have a lot where I will be churning through the muck of a bunch of horrible stories and see some horrible Twitter thing," he says. 'How can you actually be connected to your inner world in any way and feel as if you can pretend the outer world does not exist? You're doing the same thing as a businessman'