… I have had my fun, I leave them lying on the floor of the living room for someone else to pick up. My motivations for writing are selfish: not for fame or fortune, nothing as ridiculous as that; but I write for the possibility of being able to communicate something which seems important to me; for the pleasure in the rhythm and firmness of prose, the sounds of words against one another, the craftmanship in writing; and also for the happiness of sometimes being appreciated, often for reasons that I do not quite understand.
Don’t get caught up in trying to have things all figured out at once. The beauty of your life’s journey is that you’ll learn through the process of elimination what you truly love, and what isn’t worth your time. Through opportunities, simply by showing up and expressing a hearty interest, you’ll learn what inspires, motivates and lights the fire inside of you.