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I write my songs and just play them, so there are not a whole lot of fireworks. As long as the music comes first, it's OK to have some fireworks. But not the other way around.
I write first for myself as a therapeutic process, to get stuff out and to deal with it.
I'm bound to fail when I write in Italian, but unlike my sense of failure in the past, this doesn't torment or grieve me.
I do not really write for children: I write only for me and for the few people I hope to please, and I write for the story.
I write box notes for Kino International, which specializes in distributing foreign films.
My studio, nicknamed 'Funny Farm,' is in a hidden location. It's very private. Not only do I create my photography there, but it is also where I write my books and create music.
The most exciting thing is to read a poem out loud for the first time.
I go to readings by fiction writers like Alice Walker, and I'm envious of the level of attention they generate.
Really, when I write a book I'm the only one I have to please. That's the beauty of writing a book instead of a screenplay.
