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I often start writing in order to excite an expansive emotion.

I'm writing about emotions.

I have always used emotion as a writing tool. That goes back to me being on the stage.

Writing is a solitary profession; you are really alone when you write. Then the emotions become well shaped and distinct. But their transition into words must be done deliberately and with rigid artistry.

Maybe I spent more time dwelling on emotions than some people, and maybe that's why I ended up writing.

I'm less crazy and unhappy when I'm writing.

When I'm writing something, I try not to get analytical about it as I'm doing it, as I'm writing it.

I just sort of write the book I feel like writing given the emotional place I am in my life at the time.