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.
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I'm always writing. I'm an obsessive. It's not because I'm a disciplined person. It's because I'm crazy about it.
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.
A lot of writing takes place in the subconscious, and it's bound to have an effect.
The impulse to write things down is a peculiarly compulsive one, inexplicable to those who do not share it, useful only accidentally, only secondarily, in the way that any compulsion tries to justify itself.
Writing is just something I've always done. It's just kind of the reality of who I am.
The act of writing is a way of tricking yourself into revealing something that you would never consciously put into the world. Sometimes I'm shocked by the deeply personal things I've put into books without realizing it.
Once I start writing, I can't stop.
Writing is like playing golf - you have to keep working at your swing.
Writing is a discipline: it's almost all about holding back.
Writing is sweat and drudgery most of the time. And you have to love it in order to endure the solitude and the discipline.
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