I could EAT YOUR HEART & asshole you'd never know it.

On the elusive gift of blending austerity of craft with elasticity of allure.

Any kind of creative activity is likely to be stressful. The more anxiety, the more you feel that you are headed in the right direction. Easiness, relaxation, comfort - these are not conditions that usually accompany serious work.

I never really knew I wanted to 'be' a writer, but I was always writing from a very young age. It became more conscious as an ideal when I was in my twenties.

Was it confusing because it was artistic, or artistic because it was confusing?

There was a Greek philosopher who taught that, of all things, not to have been born is the sweetest state. But I believe sleep is the sweetest state. You're dead, yet alive. There's no sensation so exquisite.

The great happiness in life in creativity belongs to amateurs.