Buch / Book Drift Einfach / Easy Gewesen / Been Gezwungen / Forced Mehr / More Mich selber / Myself Nehmen / Taking Sachbücher / Non-Fiction Schreiben / Writing Sehr / Very Viel / Much Vorstellen / Imagine Weg / Away Würde / Would
Writing or talking about famine and the world's response to it is not very easy.
I don't mean it to sound egomaniacal, but in a way, for me, it was very useful to imagine that I was the only one who was taking pen in hand. I'd always been told that it was impossible to be published, so I was writing only for myself.
One of the reasons why I don't write the same kind of book again and again is that I get bored very easily, so I like to make things interesting for myself.
I've been very much intrigued by and impressed with women. But I've never been intimidated. Even if I make a fool of myself, it's better to have tried.
It would have been very easy for me to put on a little tight skirt and go out and try what I always call the 'Barbie doll' roles.
For me, working out is a form of therapy. It's cathartic for me; it's a good stress reliever. I know that when I go to the gym I am taking care of myself, and I know I'll feel so much better afterwards.
It is normal for me to wake and find myself writing in the dark... or to be out of my tomb, caught in an unearthly world, alive with the images that haunt me.
Not that I wouldn't have been equally happy to see the old buddies and see it all start up again that way. But this was more of a work situation, and a very good one.
I'm a poor artist. Through brute force, I brought myself up to mediocre. I've never taken a writing class, but I can write okay.
