Writers, like elephants, have long, vicious memories. There are things I wish I could forget.
William S. BurroughsSpeaking for myself, art differs from writing in that I never know what I'm going to paint until I paint it, so it's almost like automatic writing. A writer, on the other hand, can't help but know what he's going to write, because the activity demands a degree of premeditation.
William S. Burroughs