I write because I feel compelled to write. I don't know what it is I'm trying to say, or if I'm trying to say anything of the lightest merit. I just feel unfulfilled if I don't write. I have been like that since my father, whose eductaional penchants were postively Victorian, taught me to read and write at the age of four. It is like a mental illness or an addiction. My wife is a psychotherapist and she agrees.