Most writers write from their own experiences. That is where the honesty and intensity of emotions come from.
The truth of it is, writers do have peculiar relationships with their characters. They are our children in more senses than one. They are born of our imaginations, carry much of ourselves in them, and embody whatever dreams we dream of immortality.
I was punched breathless by the strongest emotions I have ever felt and they are now stored in my intuition as a writer.
The stories I work on, especially for any length of time, do tend to become personal to me.
Comedy writers have the most fragile egos.
I still always think the greatest moment for me, as a writer, is when I press that button and send the first draft of the script.
I found out about reviews early on. They're mostly written by sad men on bad afternoons. That's probably why I'm less angry than some writers, who are so narcissistic they consider every line of every review, even a thoughtful one, as major treason.
Perhaps writers should never be allowed to get together in a workplace context. It's not like studying computer science, after all. The emotions are at large, and are shared and are questioned. There is a vulnerability.
The writer's life seethes within but not without.
I tend to think of myself as a highly emotional writer. It's all coming out of the deepest feelings, out of dreams, out of the unconscious.
