It feels great to have your own views reflected back to you, and you feel so right, but actually it's very dangerous. Because to make good decisions, you need to have a clear view of what all the options are.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
People have used my views for purposes which are very different from mine.
Regardless of the magnitude of the decision, our brains make it hard for us to keep the perspective we need to make good choices.
I had the sense when I looked back over my life I would actually see a mess of decisions, a few of which I had thought about, some of which I had sort of stumbled on and many that I had no control over whatsoever.
As a writer I've learned certain lessons. One of them is to be careful about how you put a view, and to bear in mind how easily and readily you'll be misinterpreted.
I am not ready to back away from my views.
Sticking to your values, listening to your instincts, making your own choices is so important.
I am always being described as having views that I've never had in my life.
People will always have an opinion, but you have to live life the way you want to. It's very easy to tell others what to do, but difficult to implement it on yourself.
Mostly I'm writing about people, so I feel constrained to take with me my view of people, my curiosity about how people choose the things they do and why they come to certain decisions in a certain fashion and all the things that drive most writers.
It's very easy to make certain decisions that affect your life that you have no perspective on.