Now I know that a lot of people live lives without examining it. I just don't know how they do it. And I don't envy them. I feel very bad for them. I don't know how they go through the pain and the complication of life if they don't have the opportunity to keep a journal.
Life gets bumpy.
When it first got bumpy, it wasn't helpful that I was an actor. It was harmful. But it was helpful that I was a writer. Enormously helpful, because I had a friend, my journal, and my ability to express myself in writing. And to look at myself.