“Destroy your life; then put it back together.You'll get great material, meet some fascinating characters and – side benefit – the skills you develop will give you greater compassion, insight and range with the people you create on the page – or run into off of it.” WritingPassionSkillsInsightCreative WritingWriting AdviceDestroyWriting Material Author:Jerry Stahl
“I used to say, for me, writing was like walking a high wire, and heroin made me forget there was no net. Which is a fancy way of saying dope made me forget how shitty I felt for being on dope.” WayWritingMadeUsedFeltForgetWalkingFancyWireHeroinDope Author:Jerry Stahl
“I think it's just too kinda juicy and compelling to imagine people in their private lives, but then half the time people's private lives are just so much more bizarre and Ted Haggard-like than you could ever imagine. It's almost hard to write fiction anymore.” PeopleThinkingWritingHardHalfFictionImagineCompellingBizarrePrivate LifeJuicyHaggard Author:Jerry Stahl
“How do you write when you're not miserable? The solution, of course, is to make yourself miserable about not writing.” WritingCoursesSolutionsMiserable Author:Jerry Stahl
“The art and act of writing - speaking just for myself - involves getting your proverbial ass in the proverbial chair.” WritingArtAssChairsProverbial Author:Jerry Stahl
“I need - and occasionally love - to write for the same reasons I always did: hard as writing is, it's generally easier than life.” NeedsWritingHardReasonEasier Author:Jerry Stahl
“This is what I think: If you had the nerve to live what you lived, you should have the nerve to write it.” IfsThinkingShouldWritingShould HaveNerves Author:Jerry Stahl
