Freedom of Being

As I mentioned in my last post, I've been reading a lot of Tennessee Williams' wonderful work throughout this month. Last week, after reading several of his plays and short stories, I read his Memoirs to find out more about the man behind such classics as "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and "A Streetcar Named Desire."

In the final chapter of Memoirs, I marked the following passage that resonated with this hobby writer and rings true for all who find joy, comfort, escape, and creative bliss in the craft of writing (blogging or otherwise):

"What is it like being a writer? I would say it is like being free...It means the freedom of being. And someone has wisely observed, if you can't be yourself, what's the point of being anything at all?"