Writers are doubters, compulsives, self-flagellants. The torture only stops for brief moments.
And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.
Writing about sex turns out to be just writing about life.
Surviving means being born over and over.
Why do analysts always answer a question with a question?
As a past president of the Writers Guild, I think women shouldn't write for free. Maybe you have to do it for a time, to make a reputation, but I think the idea of giving your work away is the beginning of authors not being able to make a living.