Teaching is very important to me, and it has become more important as I get older.
I actually think it's sometimes easier for the control freaks to let loose.
Telling someone to be confident in the abstract is not going to make it easier for the unconfident writer to actually get herself or himself to the point of being able to put in the upsetting stuff.
The making of fiction takes literally what is suggested by our imagination.
The main thing is to explain to yourself that everybody suffers.
I don't really like to tell people to get out drugs.