Writing comes from that territory of being invalidated. But I had a sense of purpose, too. I wanted to stop apologising for my health, and I thought I might do some good.
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Writing, for me, was a feat of self-preservation. If I did not do it, I would die. So I did it. Obstinacy, not talent, saved my life.
Writing is a way of processing our lives. And it can be a way of healing.
The act of writing is a kind of catharsis, a liberation, but I never really concerned myself with that. I write because it interests me.
One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing.
Writing is a very easy way for me to express myself. When I was still at school, I would write for no reason other than I wanted to write.
I write because writing is the gift God has given me to help people in the world.
I didn't start writing so that I could more deeply know myself. I was bored of myself, my life, my childhood, my hometown. I started writing as a way to know others, to get away from myself.
Writing is just something I've always done. It's just kind of the reality of who I am.
The need to write comes from the need to make sense of one's life and discover one's usefulness.
I don't know why I started writing. I don't know why anybody does it. Maybe they're bored, or failures at something else.
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