Everybody Is Bound By Some Social Rules.

I Don't Really Think It Comes As A Shock To Every Writer If Somebody In Their Family Is Mad At Them. Yes, It's Very Upsetting. But It's Inherent In The Process Of Trying To Make Sense Of One's Life, Which Is What I Think Is Perhaps At The Bottom Of Writing At All.

However, There Probably Is A Slight Connection Between The High-wire, Super Sensitivity, Open To Everything And Too Much, And Slightly Fragile Soul Of The Artist And The Need To Self-medicate, Which Can Lead To Bad Trouble Either In Drugs, Or Alcohol. So It's Not That There's No Connection, It's Just That We Can't Make Too Much Of It Because It Isn't The Addiction That's The Issue, It's The Fragility Of Some People Who Do Artistic Work, Who End Up In Rehab Somewhere Or Other.

Many Writers Do Write About Their Families And Their Immediate Loved Ones And Love Experiences, Either As Children Or As Adults. And Very Often People Get Offended By It.

I Think It Is A Good Thing To Have Woman Friends At Every Stage Of Life. We Confide In Each Other, We Support Each Other, We Understand Each Other Most Of The Time. Of Course, Sometimes We Are Competitive Or Angry Or Distant, Too. But I Do Think It Is Important Not To Let The Main Friendships Slip Away In The Sweep Of The Days.

I Feel That The World Needs Writers. We Need To Know What's Really Going On.