A Problem With My Novels Is That

You Don’t Think When You Play Music, You Just Try To Play And Be In It. It Is The Same For Me When The Writing Is Going Really Well. It’s The Same Kind Of Feeling. I’m Just In It. It’s Not The Words, It’s Not The Sentences, I’m Not Aware Of It. Then It’s Good.

I've Always Been A Fast Reader. Now I Had To Do It Slowly, Discussing Each Sentence. And Every Time I Wanted To Change Something I Had To Come Up With An Intelligent Defense I Could Be Pretty Sure That They Would Turn My Suggestion Down, As They Had So Many Aspects To Keep In Mind. However, If I Argued Well, I Could Have A Chance. I Had To Think Of Every Comma, Every Word.

National Identity Is A Motion. It's Something You're Inside, You Don't Get What's Happening, You Can't See It From Above. And That's Where You Have To Write. You Can't See What's Happening Now Or What's Going To Happen, So You Just Dive Into It And Write.

I Have A Longing For Fiction - To Try To Believe In It And To Disappear Into It.

I Think There Are A Lot Of Similarities Between Writing And Music. Music Is Much More Direct And Much More Emotional And That's The Level I Want To Be At When I'm Writing. Writing Is Much More Intellectual And Indirect And Abstract, In A Way.