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I seem to have a natural tendency to want to share my own observations and feelings with other people, and writing seems to be the way I'm best equipped to do that.

Writing is something I've always done on the side. I thought that no one would be interested, so I kept it to myself.

There are many people who say, 'I write for myself.' I think that if you write and publish, then you write for your readers, not just for yourself. Many writers say that they write to be loved. I place myself among those writers.

I write from my life, my experience. I'm selfish that way.

I write a lot about disadvantaged people, particularly vulnerable children, because I feel that that's who I was. That is familiar terrain for me. And I try to write about things that are very close to me because I want people to feel the passion that I have for the subject.

I always feel a responsibility to the people I write about. I feel obligated to portray them in the way they feel is proper.

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'm a writer; it's not just what I do, but who I am.

It's way easier to write for other people. Yourself isn't in it. When you write for yourself, you overthink, and you become paranoid. When you write for others, it isn't about you.