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Writing requires an intense inner focus, and sometimes you need to express outward, physically or socially.

Writing is like a 'lust,' or like 'scratching when you itch.' Writing comes as a result of a very strong impulse, and when it does come, I, for one, must get it out.

Writing is sometimes a balancing act between keeping things easily readable and being accurate.

Writing is like bricklaying; you put down one word after another. Sometimes the wall goes up straight and true and sometimes it doesn't and you have to push it down and start again, but you don't stop; it's your trade.

A lot of writing takes place in the subconscious, and it's bound to have an effect.

For me, writing is just processing.

Writing is taking a risk, and it is actually fighting invisible and invincible enemies. They are over-confidence, stupidity, expectation and narcissism.

Once you start writing something obsessively, it's almost like someone has to rip it from your hands in order for you to put it down.

Good writing is deceptive in that it hides its own artifice - it makes it seem easy.

Writing is always a restorative process. It's like paddling a kayak. When you're writing, you can't do anything else. You're in the space you're in. So, in that way, it's enormously centering and restorative.