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Generally, my writing is influenced by living, by absorbing everything that happens to me and my actions.

Writing makes you more human.

It seems to me that many writers, by virtue of environments of culture, art and education, slip into writing because of their environments.

My true nature, I believe, is writing.

Everything in my life affects my writing. There are no separate parts of my life.

Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area.

I write to explore something that fascinates me, and I write the way I do because it is the only way I know how to write.

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

I write human stories. I write about people. Not as a product of their environment. But from the stance that everybody is made of the same thing.

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