When you get immersed in whatever you're writing, the world does suddenly get so filtered through what you're writing. And then of course what you're writing then filters the world right back.
I know that I was able to find my way out of most of my feelings by writing.
You have to want something or you're finished.
When you're waiting for a bus, the thing to do is smoke a cigarette.
In order to have a real life of any romance, there has to be a level of fantasy.
I don't think you can have an imagination without having fantasy, and you can't have that rich a life without an imagination.