Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.

Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing.

Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.

We're always attracted to the edges of what we are, out by the edges where it's a little raw and nervy.

Writing is immensely difficult. The short forms especially.