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I think the single best line of advice I ever heard on being a
parent, a writer, a seeker, an anything, is something
the great E. L. Doctorow said years and years ago, that
writing is like driving at night with the headlights on: you
can only see a little ways in front of you but you can make
the whole journey this way. This may not be verbatim, but for
me it has rung true in every area of my life.
-- Anne
Lamott
A writer
is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for
other people.
-- Thomas
Mann
I still find that I censor myself for whatever reason –
maybe it’s too personal, too risky, something you think
might get a bad review. I do a lot of talking to myself when
I’m writing – usually I have a separate document open on
my computer which is just my internal monologue about what the
play is about, what the characters are doing, or just
frustrated self-criticism. I find that helps because when
I’m forcing myself to type every thought I have, no matter
how insignificant or banal, then suddenly I’m not deciding
what to type, I’m just recording thoughts. Again, it’s
about getting out of my own way.
-- playwright Samuel D. Hunter, interview by Caridad
Svich in American
Theatre
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