Why Do I Write?

Why do I write? To empty my brain while it still has anything in it, and I write everything: poems, playlets, stories, novels, memoirs, opinion pieces, songs, and little operas. I write at top speed too, not a minute to spare. My plan is to live forever through what I've written--like Shakespeare, like Pepys--so when there is a little girl born sometime in the future who is different from everybody else, she can read all I've written and not feel so lonely.

Granddaughter who may never be, this is for you.