I don’t like writing. It’s as simple as that. I turn to it when I have things to express that I don’t feel I can trust anyone with. That’s all. I have learned to write only when it’s a desperate act: a deadline, a phrase stuck in my head, a need to expunge bile. That’s why everything I write has that urgency to it.<\/p>\n
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