Sometimes people ask, 'Does writing make you happy?' But I think that's beside the point. It makes you agitated, and continually in a state where you're off balance. You seldom feel serene or settled.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I am always writing. It is not always good, but if I am writing, I am usually happy.
I'm not happy when I'm writing, but I'm more unhappy when I'm not.
I'm never more miserable than when I write, and never more happy than having finished and having it sitting in front of me.
Writing does produce a very unique satisfaction. There are times when I'm writing that it's frustrating or appalling or difficult, but when it goes well, it goes really well, and there is a feeling of rightness, like I'm doing the thing I was meant to do, almost in a mystical way, like I'm at an appropriate angle to the world.
Everything can be going well, but if I'm not writing, I'm not happy. When I'm writing well, I'm like a different person.
When I'm writing well, I feel happy. And when I go too long without writing, I begin to implode.
I basically never feel like writing. I am a happy-go-lucky, relaxed, fun-seeking kind of person. And working disturbs that, because it puts me in a state of anxiety.
Writing does change you, and of course it feels good to do things, so you could say writing is de facto therapeutic. But really, one writes to write.
I hardly ever write when I'm just feeling great.
I like to be happy when I'm writing. If not, then how will the reader manage?