We rely too much on the people we share our lives with. We hold them responsible for things they are not even aware of. We start blaming them.

The stories on standardized tests don't have one author, therefore they can never authentically be in the first person. Imagine that! Everywhere, there are these tests that have been written by multiple people.

When you read a novel, you know what to expect because you've been reading novels for a long time.

I've been writing most of my life; it's just something I do.

We rely too much on the people we share our lives with. We hold them responsible for things they are not even aware of. We start blaming them.

If you write, and you are really alone (writing is a lonely thing), you learn to be alone without suffering. When you read, you also learn to do this. When you write, you deal with things.

I don't have any doubts that I need writing. I need it personally because this is the way I think.