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If you only exercise your soloist muscles, the other muscles quickly atrophy.

Writing is a muscle that needs to be exercised every day: The more you write, the easier it becomes.

The imagination is a muscle. If it is not exercised, it atrophies.

If you do not use a muscle or any part of the body, it tends to become atrophic. So is the case with the brain. The more you use it, the better it becomes.

Your mind burns a lot of calories. Writing can feel like a physical workout.

For years I was doing the excruciating weightlifting of writing scripts - but then I stayed thin and someone else got all the muscles.

I prefer atrophy over exercise any day.

Creative writing and shooting are muscles that atrophy. But when you work them, you become a self-generator who can branch out.

I was an athlete, so I have kind of an athletic sensibility towards writing. I can work for many long hours without fatiguing.

But I work harder now because I have so much more exposure. And actually the harder you work as a writer, the better you get at it. It's like anything else. It's a muscle you have to exercise. I write more now than ever.