On Writing

Writing is perhaps the lowest profession available to mankind. It causes the writer to not only examine the people, the place, the things around him, but it also forces the writer into self-examination each time he or she picks up the craft.

There is nothing like crawling around in the mud with yourself to learn that all human’s are, by their very nature of being born, dirty. The writer, on the otherhand, not only crawls in the mud, but eats the dirt so as to bring its grit and flavor to life on the page.