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Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else.

Writing is what I do. It's what makes me tick.

Writing is a necessary thing for me, just to keep myself level. It has beneficial effects on my life.

I love writing. I feel more connected to that than I do a lot of the other things.

I write because I like to make things and the only things I am good at making things with are words.

I am a writer because writing is the thing I do best.

After a day of writing, I love nothing more than to go into my kitchen and start chopping onions and garlic on the way to cooking an improvised meal with whatever ingredients are on hand. Cooking is the perfect counterpoint to writing. I find it more relaxing than anything else, even naps, walks, or hot baths.

Writing is just something I've always done. It's just kind of the reality of who I am.

Outside of family, writing is essential. To me, it's like breathing.

Writing is how I find out what I believe and what I care most deeply about. It's how I sort through the mess of daily experience and try to make sense of it - by stepping out of it for a while. Writing is how I train a searchlight into the darker corners of my self and the world, as I'm sure I'd never do otherwise.