The road, lyric-wise, is a trap, and a bore. Maybe it's interesting to me, but I don't think it's a connecting thing with other humans. What is there to write about? Truck stops, hotels, clubs?
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The road is a lonely place, and that sounds like a cliche, you know, like what is my life?
The business of writing a novel is a long, meandering road into the self, into the imagination. And it's a road the writer travels alone.
I never write about the road. I never write about hotels or anything like that.
I know some writers can write on the road, but I'm not one of them.
All the books I was reading as a teenager were about individuals having adventures. So I thought that was what writers were supposed to do: to go out on the road.
One of the ready advantages of writing a road or quest story is that it mirrors the experience of writing a novel.
When I'm done with all of this, I'm going to write a book on it: have a guide to having a life and being on the road. Especially having a family and being on the road.
I have spent my life on the road waking in a pleasant, or not so pleasant hotel, and setting off every morning after breakfast hoping to discover something new and repeatable, something worth writing about.
Writing on the road is a passion of mine.
Traveling to Europe and traveling in the U.S.A. was a much different experience. 'On the Road' exemplified everything glamorous that was happening on this side of the planet. The book puts off some kind of sweet melody - part hope for the world, part nostalgic.