In the following excerpt from Friedrich Nietzsche’s book, The Gay Science, character A and B are in a dialogue about why character A writes.
In this dialogue, A represents Nietzsche himself, and B represents a curious individual:
“A: I am annoyed by and ashamed of my writing; writing is for me a pressing and embarrassing need, and to speak of it even in a parable disgusts me.
B: But why, then, do you write?
A: Well, my friend, to be quite frank: so far, I have not discovered any other way of getting rid of my thoughts.
B: And why do you want to get rid of them?
A: Why I want to? Do I want to? I must.
B: Enough! Enough!”
