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You cannot write a book unless it is totally inhabiting your imagination and you are totally engrossed with it. Which is a kind word for obsession.
The business is a very tricky obstacle course, and you should be very clear about work begetting work. If you're not working, you're not interesting.
If you have too good a time writing hostile reviews, you'll injure not only your sensibility but your soul.
Writing on your own is, in a way, a very lonely profession. There's no one there to help you.
I really enjoy writing novels. It's like the ocean. You can just build a boat and take off.
For me, naming bands was the forerunner to really writing lyrics, because I work off titles.
In today's world, it never looks good when you're suing somebody who earned $20,000 for writing a book over a period of a year or two.
I come from a theatrical background, where, if you're working on a movie or a play, you always respect the people you work with. You're accommodating.
I think striking the right tone for your story is, if you like, the alchemical work of writing.
