I have any number of completely dark obsessions and fascinations, and none of this was present in my profile or my growing profile as a writer.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Since I was a kid, I've had this morbid fascination with dark and scary subject matter.
Obsession led me to write. It's been that way with every book I've ever written. I become completely consumed by a theme, by characters, by a desire to meet a challenge.
When I look back on what I've done, I think I'm drawn to obsession, perhaps.
I don't know - sometimes I catch myself being dark, and it's annoying. I think, 'Get over it.' I bore myself. But sometimes, like everybody, I'm sure I am obsessive.
I'm just kind of odd. There are dark forces in the world, and if you pay attention to what's going on around you, you end up incorporating it into the storytelling. Maybe it's some aspect of myself that's coming through that people are seeing, that I am in fact a quiet psycho.
All of the things I used to obsess over, I'm no longer as obsessed with. I have new concerns but they're a little more existential or cosmic.
I do write about obsession, but I don't think I have an obsession for writing. I'm not a compulsive writer. I like to watch obsession in other people, watch the way it makes them behave.
My three obsessions are mental illness, horror and religion.
I have always been a dark writer.
If you don't have obsessions, don't write. my characters are obsessed.