The Banana Peel Project

The difficulties derived from the project itself, which was intended precisely to avoid them.  By programming my work over several volumes according to a plan laid down in advance, I was telling myself that the time had now come when I could write them without difficulty, and simply unwind what was in my head, confirming it by empirical research.  I very nearly died of boredom writing those books: they were too much like the earlier ones.  For some people, writing a book is always a risk — the risk, for instance, of not pulling it off.  When you know in advance where you’re going to end up there’s a whole dimension of experience lacking…

Michel Foucault