Bohemian rhapsody

Here's some classic John Hodgman (you may know him better as the Deranged Millionaire, the PC, or as the Daily Show's Resident Expert):

You are essentially asking that age-old question, must I suffer for my art? The answer is no. True art comes from within, not from external circumstance. And true art is only made truer by comfort, fluffy pillows, and climate control. Why do you think Salman Rushdie temped at Pfizer last summer? You have to beat the heat somehow. I think air conditioners are good as well because the hum helps me to sleep at night, and by cooling individual rooms they make the surrounding city hotter. And when this city heats up—man alive, you know there's going to be a party somewhere. Or a stabbing.