Wherever you write is supposed to be a little bit of a refuge, a place where you can get away from the world. The more closed in you are, the more you're forced back on your own imagination.
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When you're writing, it's as if you're within a kind of closed world.
For me writing is that place where I can escape; it's where I let my thoughts run wild.
Those of us who know the transporting wonder of a reading life know that it little matters where we are when we talk about books or meet authors or bemoan the state of publishing because when we read, we are always inside, sheltered in that interior room, that clean, well-lighted, timeless place that is the written word.
I write anywhere - when I have an idea, it's hard not to write. I used to be kind of precious about where I wrote. Everything had to be quiet and I couldn't be disturbed; it really filled my day.
Here I am, where I ought to be. A writer must have a place where he or she feels this, a place to love and be irritated with.
A sense of place is very important in writing.
When you're reading, you're not where you are; you're in the book. By the same token, I can write anywhere.
Most of my interests in terms of writing are dark, so it's discordant how much I try to lock into the vibe of wherever I'm at. Inhabiting the life of the imagination is the nature of survival strategy - you build yourself little worlds to enjoy.
Writing helps me create a different world that I can escape to.
In this day and age, you can write anywhere in the world. You can really live anywhere and have the same career.
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