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Writing is a solitary occupation.

That is my major concern: writers who are in prison for writing.

Writing is solitary. You spend so much time alone and in your own mind, telling stories.

Writing is sweat and drudgery most of the time. And you have to love it in order to endure the solitude and the discipline.

So writing is a very, very difficult position to obtain... and retain.

Writing is a way of processing our lives. And it can be a way of healing.

Writing is a way of drifting within my own mind: almost a solitary process, so to speak.

Writing is so entwined with my being that I can't imagine a life without it.

You can write and write, but if you don't have someone who can nail that character, it's never going to live.

If you make your living writing, and you can't write anything, it's over. It's very frightening.