Once you discover that you can, then you must. And it's not easy. You have to take direct steps. You really have to count your blessings and you have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the blues.
When I'm writing for Esquire, my conscious thought is, I'm not writing for American Scholar.
I think the way kids create is so inspiring. They're drawing a picture? They love the picture they drew; they're not tortured about it.

