There were always moments where I'd say, 'What else can I do with my life?' But when I was 30 years old and discovered I could write - I wrote 'Black Cloud' in six weeks - it opened up a whole new world for me.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There came a time when I felt I was not going to be satisfied with life unless I could write.
I guess you could say I've been writing all my life.
I left my job in the fall, and now I can set my life up around writing instead of squeezing writing into my day; it's amazing to have that time, and I feel very lucky.
When I was 21, I got into a motorcycle accident while traveling in Europe and I had to lie around a lot in the aftermath, which was really the first time in my life that I became really focused and inspired to write.
I write about my life.
All through my writing life, I've had this impulse to write autobiographical works.
I started writing to save my life.
When I was in the eighth grade, I wrote this huge long paper about how I had no idea what I was gonna do with my life, but that I wanted to make a difference and touch even if it was like one person's life... inspire them.
I am writing more than I have ever done. My life has come back to me in the most extraordinary way.
When I was young, I wrote everything, and I thought I would be an all around writer, that I would write everything.