Writing provides no guarantees. And writers who stay with writing do it for reasons that are larger than self.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Writing only leads to more writing.
Writing requires the concentration of the writer, demands that nothing else be done except that.
When you write, you write out of your best self. Everything else drops away.
Why do writers write? Because it isn't there.
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.
Writing is sometimes a balancing act between keeping things easily readable and being accurate.
Writing is always personal in some way but not always in a direct way.
Writing is just something I've always done. It's just kind of the reality of who I am.
Being a writer is not the point. Writing is.
The point always is to be writing something - it leads to more writing.