I do worry that it's impossible to write something original, that there's nothing that a human hasn't already thought of. But I can put it out of my mind and get on with what I'm doing.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I prefer writing originals.
When I'm writing something and I'm really into it, that's all I can think about, and it becomes the most important thing in the world to me, and it may not be that, in reality.
It's unimaginable to me that I wouldn't write, but it's very imaginable that I won't write for a little while.
Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.
I don't have the fear I won't be able to think of something else to write. It's what I do.
I've never written anything that hasn't been in my mind for a long time - seven or eight years.
If your mind is at work, we're in danger of reproducing another cliche. If we can keep our minds out of it and our thoughts out of it, maybe we'll come up with something original.
The truth is that every writer, whether it's fiction or nonfiction, is trying to write something truly original and that's what I think I'm doing.
That's the most amazing thing about writing, whether it's in prose or comics: that you can create something from nothing, and suddenly they come to life, like they've always been there.
Writing is so entwined with my being that I can't imagine a life without it.