Writing is power

“Everything about the book is mortifying, and it totally set me free.”

“If you want that perfect brush stroke or that exquisite shot, then you have to squeeze your neurons until they scream.”

“As dry as ... my humor?”

“There's a referendum on the value of writing, and writing is winning.”

“That pattern would follow me through my creative life until I found a way to write or make art that allowed me to bypass my inner critic.”