If you have been writing, painting, or composing since your youth, you will probably continue those things until death. Writers do not choose a profession, they choose a lifestyle. Aspects of daily life often become the groundwork for literary pieces, but detailed storylines and abstract literary ideas come from places deep within a writer's subconscious.
Writing is an exercise in freeing the mind.
Inspiration comes spontaneously, not by force. He does believe, however, that giving up control and abandoning oneself to whatever happens can encourage creativity. Goldberg also believes that good writing comes from a loss of control. Our writing is a moment moving through us. The most creative writing comes with complete honesty.