Life sometimes gets in the way of writing.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The great thing about writing compared to life is getting to tie things up.
Writing is a question of finding a certain rhythm. I compare it to the rhythms of jazz. Much of the time life is a sort of rhythmic progression of three characters. If one tells oneself that life is like that, one feels it less arbitrary.
My writing life is always a bit disorganized. It's hard for me to get going, but sometimes, once I begin, I go like the wind.
At least in my case, a very simple, regular, happy life makes for better writing.
For me, writing has always come out of living a fairly to-the-bone kind of life, just really being present to a lot of life. The writing has been really a byproduct of that.
It's a luxury being a writer, because all you ever think about is life.
It's hard to imagine my life not writing. I love it.
Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area.
There came a time when I felt I was not going to be satisfied with life unless I could write.
Whatever I'm writing comes organically out of my life.