I always individuate myself from other writers who say they would die if they couldn't write. For me, I'd die if I couldn't read.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It's a very romantic sentiment, but to think that you would die if you didn't write, well, I would definitely choose to not write and live.
If I can't write it would be as if I died.
You can't write if you don't read.
As far as I'm concerned, I'm a writer who's writing books, and therefore, I don't want to die. You'd miss the end of the book wouldn't you? You can't die with an unfinished book.
In general, writers shouldn't be killed for what they write, though I can think of exceptions.
If I lose, then I have to accept that my way of writing books is not the way society says it's okay to write.
Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is at stake.
I don't believe for one moment you can write well what you wouldn't read for pleasure.
I feel like if I couldn't write, I would explode.
I'm one of the writers that would die if I didn't say what I needed to say. For me, it's a matter of survival to write.