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If you write something that's personal, there's going to be elements of yourself in it.

Writing is always personal in some way but not always in a direct way.

I never sit down to write anything personal unless I know the subject is going to go beyond my own experience and address something larger and more universal.

Mostly, I don't write overtly personal stuff.

When you write, you write out of your best self. Everything else drops away.

I can only write about personal stuff, about my point of view.

I have always written from a personal place.

I write from my life, my experience. I'm selfish that way.

The more you're writing absolutely honestly, and absolutely bare of intention - even if it feels absolutely personal and small because it's at your own scale - other people relate to it much more.

If I'm writing strictly for others, how does that show what I'm experiencing or thinking? I just got to a point where I realized I could be as personal as I wanted to be and people could relate to those situations if they so choose.