the why in writing

Living life as an artist is a practice. You are either engaging in the practice or you’re not.

A writer’s greatest responsibility is to his readers, to keep providing them with the best work that he is capable of turning out.

Making space for writing is making space for you.

writing is diagnostic.

So a writer is someone who is willing to be uncomfortable enough—or is uncomfortable enough by nature—to wonder where people are, where they’re going, and why they’re going there. A writer is willing to take risks for that wondering. A writer cares that much about his or her subject.