On writing

I need pressure to write. I think that's what it comes down to. I need pressure, especially if the pressure is to do something else. It's those moments of stress, where the work really builds up and I know that I need to start getting some of it done.

That's when my brain says "shit. I need to write."

And I listen to my brain. It's my closest friend.

I can never write at home. Vacations are huge dry spells, which is tragic because I'm always waiting for a vacation to "finally finish that project," which is proof that I'm an idiot. Vacations are not a time for productivity. They are a time for gin and sleep. Incidentally, that makes most of college a vacation, but everyone knows that already.

Needing to write is a lot like drowning. I suddenly wake up and feel that I can't breathe, so I claw away at my typewriter like it's my means of reaching the surface.

Writing is active. If you want to write, you need to stop thinking and just fucking do it. Edit it later.