It’s a good question. Ask it of yourself every once in a
while. No answer will make you stop
writing, and over time you will find that you have given every response.
1.
Because I’m a jerk.
2.
No one listens to me when I speak.
3.
So I can start a revolution.
4.
In order to write the Great American Novel
and make a zillion bucks.
5.
Because I’m crazy.
6.
To keep me from going crazy.
7.
Because I am channeled by William
Shakespeare.
8.
Because I have something to say.
9.
Because I have nothing to say.
10. Life
is temporary, writing lasts.
Why do I write? I write because I’ve kept my mouth shut all
my life and it’s time for me to speak out.
I am always facing that creeping agony that all this will pass. The truth is I have a way with words. I can make the terrible wonderful, the
unspoken spoken.
Alone at my desk, I discover
what has passed through me when I write.
I write because I am crazy, schizophrenic, neurotic, obsessive,
compulsive and suffer from Post Traumatic Stress. I know it, accept it and I have to do
something with it other than go to the loony bin.
I write because there are
stories that people have forgotten or are too scared to tell. I write because I
am a woman trying to stand up for myself. I write because I dare to tell what
happened and make it art. I write so
that I can face my own life. I write
because I run deep and my soul aches.
I write out of joy. I write
out of hurt. I write to make myself
strong and to come home to myself.
