Fascinating. Most of this I already do as a writer, but I particularly love his description of crying from being touched by his own work.. I have actually achieved that a few times--but not many. It certainly is a life-changing experience for a writer when it happens, and it does give you a real rush of adrenaline to keep writing for awhile. Intense.
Nice post. I grew up with science fiction guys like Bradbury, Asimov and
fantasy writers like Lewis and Tolkien, so this hits especially close to home for me.
It is amazing to feel so much emotion when the writing flows like he says. Those moments feed the rest I think, but it's also important to remember his point about the writing that doesn't come out so well. All the writing serves a purpose even when we think it isn't very good.
Right...sometimes we need to push through thickety valleys to reach the mountaintops.