Another friend of George in Isaac Asimov's story “A Time to Write” (a cycle about the demon Azazel), Mordecai Sims, was a writer, and I must say a very mediocre one, although he earned his bread and butter. But all his life he was irritated by one thing - waiting. Either he had to wait for the bus, then stand in line, then wait for the doctor, etc. He could not stand this - he always did not have enough time. Azazel, at George's request, helped the unfortunate writer...