Thomas Mann, on writing

I write obits and education stories and feature stories for a community newspaper. I write poetry, write songs, write screenplays, write comedic essays, write blogs and write music reviews/interviews. I love and hate all of it. I never stop writing. I'll be gardening and suddenly go into a fugue state, grab an old seed packet and start scribbling down jokes or ideas or scenes. Other precious crumbs of writing have been scrawled on napkins, paper plates and envelopes.

My significant other, Brian Hall,always quotes a line to me from "Throw Mama off the Train" to me, in which Billy Crystal says, "A writer writes. Always." With all that in mind, this quote I came across on Pinterest really struck me as true:

Does this definition fit you?

—S.T