“Tennessee Williams, F Scott Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Cheever, Carver, Berryman… Six giants of American literature – and all addicted to alcohol. In an edited extract from her new book, The Trip to Echo Spring, Olivia Laing looks at the link between writers and the bottle” - × × ×

You have to be an irresponsible addict to spend your life on being a writer. Why not indulge to other irresponsible addictions, then? - 9000