Writing is a way of getting at the things most people would prefer to escape. Writing takes me to the center of life. That's my invitation to my readers as well.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I write in order to find out what I truly know and how I really feel about certain things. Writing requires me to go much deeper into my thoughts and memories than conversation does. Writing provides the solitude necessary to reflect on being in this world.
The act of writing is a kind of catharsis, a liberation, but I never really concerned myself with that. I write because it interests me.
I write as a way of keeping myself going. You build your life around writing, and it's what gets you through. So it's partly just curiosity to see what you can do.
Writing is something that I've always loved. That stems from my love of being a reader.
Writing is an incredibly creatively empowering experience for me. It is the place where nobody tries to control what I'm doing.
Writing gives me the opportunity to explore ideas, play with language, solve problems, use my imagination, and draw on my own childhood.
Writing is like a rollercoaster ride for me, an adventure. I love exploring the world through 'playing' people who are absolutely nothing like me.
Writing helps me create a different world that I can escape to.
For me, writing is such an escape, and I felt very lucky to have this to run away to.
Writing is, by its nature, interior work. So being forced to be around people is a great gift for a novelist. You get to be reminded, daily, of how people think, how they speak, how they live; the things they worry about, the things they hope for, the things they fear.