Trying to prove you’re not a psychopath is even harder than trying to prove you’re not mentally ill,’ said Tony.
Trying to solve the mystery is what I enjoy most about writing.
Obviously, I like to write stories that are page-turners. But I always try my very, very hardest to be as factually true as possible.
Discover the time of day when you write best, and write then. For me it's about 7 am to noon. For other people it's overnight. Try not to do anything other than write between those times.
We want to see ourselves as curious and open-minded and smart and understanding things in terms of context and nuance, but when someone tries to do that in the midst of a shaming they're turned on.
Nothing uniquely bad has happened to me in my personal life, but all the regular little bad things have accumulated to make me a neurotic person. And these adventures are my way of trying to make sense of that.