youre the worst kind of character to run into , i protested in an outburst of outrage against my bad luck , youre only here to ruin me , to drive me away from the best writing place , the nicest room , the best lit table with real growing ivy outside and its the best that ive yet found at this university , but youre not going to succeed -- just try to leave , he said , interrupting me , before you speak , you ought to think , at least half as carefully as you are pretending to think before you write .