Don't overact the story of your name. Overact the story of your work.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I never intended to be a professional writer; as the story developed, the one thing I had in my hopes was that this would be something tangible to separate me from the nameless, numbered masses.
If my name had not been cleared, it would have been difficult, perhaps impossible, to continue as a journalist.
So many people had been asking me to write an autobiography, or threatening to write my biography without any input from me, that I thought I'd better tell my story before other people told it for me.
There is no need to smear my name or to defame my character for the sake of news.
So I'll write it, and then I'll find out that I actually wrote something that is utterly useless. You can't use it in the story and it doesn't fit. So I just throw it away. I've done that countless times.
If I'm gonna tell a real story, I'm gonna start with my name.
I do not make stories up, full stop.
People have already dirtied my name too much.
If I put my name on something, I'm going to be involved. I'm not just going to put my name on it and not pay attention.
As a writer, my only responsibility is to tell a compelling story.