People often write after they finish their career, or they don't play anymore, or they are not anymore active. So I say, why do that? And let's do it differently.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Why do writers write? Because it isn't there.
I don't know why I started writing. I don't know why anybody does it. Maybe they're bored, or failures at something else.
Writing can be a very solitary business. It's you sat at a desk typing words into a computer. It can get lonely sometimes and lots of writers live quite isolated lives.
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 just something I've always done. It's just kind of the reality of who I am.
You know, I haven't written as much as most other writers. Certainly maybe those who keep a more regular schedule accomplish more.
Writing is like a contact sport, like football. You can get hurt, but you enjoy it.
Writers generally get into writing because they want to write, not because they want to be independent publishers, and you can't really fault someone for saying, 'What I'm doing right now works, so there's no reason to change it.'
Writing, for me, has always been a way of not having a career.
I don't think I'll ever stop writing. I write almost every day. I'd write plays even if they were never done again. You're at the mercy of whatever talent you have.