I believe this may be some of the best writing advice I have ever received. It means I have to struggle to write the sort of book I would want to read, not to just write about my life or my experiences per se. As a teenager I struggled much with that my writing was too self-centered, too narrow in focus. But the advice to have fun while you are writing forces you to look outside yourself and make things bigger, bolder, more complex, more symbolic, but also more honest.

I think you successfully accomplish this with your art.