Goodreads asked Roger Angle:

What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Roger Angle I like to write fiction because it lets me use everything I've got. It's like having a stable full of race horses, and in most jobs I've had, including that of investigative reporter, I felt like only two or three out of my ten or twelve horses were allowed to run. The rest were chomping at the bit.

I feel most intensely alive when I'm writing. I get lost in it and when the phone rings it's like being awakened from a trance. I jump and think, What the hell was that?

I love peak experiences. Mountain biking down a steep rocky path with cacti on one side and a gully on the other. Demands focus. Doing the Eskimo roll in a kayak in the ocean. Taking boxing lessons from a professional prize fighter.

Writing is like that, for me. It lights my fire. It sets all my horses free to run.

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