Young writers reasonably say, 'I don't know what to write about,' so writing about yourself is a very literal way to begin.
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I write a lot about myself.
If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves.
I'll write about myself, or people I know, or archetypal characters, but the goal is to get at some truth, not to necessarily convey my own experience as an individual to the world.
They're fancy talkers about themselves, writers. If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves.
Writing a book about yourself is like therapy, and you go 'Oh My God, that's the reason that happened.' Writing about it, you're forced to really examine things.
I'm just not that comfortable writing so much about myself.
I didn't know you could write about yourself. Nobody ever told me about this.
I didn't start writing so that I could more deeply know myself. I was bored of myself, my life, my childhood, my hometown. I started writing as a way to know others, to get away from myself.
I think it's nearly impossible to write something fictional without having it be about yourself in some way or another.
I don't write about myself. I'm never in my books.