Sidney Jourard - The act of writing bears something in common with the act of love. The writ

The act of writing bears something in common with the act of love. The writer, at his most productive moments, just flows. He gives of that which is uniquely himself. He makes himself naked, recording his nakedness in the written word. Herein lies some of the terror which frequently freezes a writer, preventing him from producing. Herein, too, lies some of the courage that must be entailed in letting others learn how one has experienced or is experiencing the world.

- Sidney Jourard

topic: Love, Lying, Writing, Experiencing The World, Written Word