Every new writing project, every new artistic project, needs to be protected so it can grow on its own before it begins to creep out into the world.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Now that copyrights can be just about a century long, the inability to know what is protected and what is not protected becomes a huge and obvious burden on the creative process.
A lot of my business is about protecting creativity.
I think every writer has got to direct. If you don't direct, you can't protect your work. The only way to ensure that it's going to be as close as possible to what you put down on paper - and what you see and hear in your head - is to do it yourself.
Protect the time and space in which you write. Keep everybody away from it, even the people who are most important to you.
I'll always protect what I'm working on. Which is why more and more of it is stuff only I can ruin.
You can disseminate your art, and it's all such easy access now. The upside to it is that more people are creating than ever before.
The writer isn't made in a vacuum. Writers are witnesses. The reason we need writers is because we need witnesses to this terrifying century.
Writing is taking a risk, and it is actually fighting invisible and invincible enemies. They are over-confidence, stupidity, expectation and narcissism.
Writer's block! It doesn't exist. You just long for ideas to go away so you have an idea of peace.
When you go into projects, you can't look at it as limited; you have to dive into it wholeheartedly to be true to the writer's vision.