I heard Peter Kreeft on Catholic Answers say something like “Writing by its very nature is selfish.” He made the observation that Jesus wrote nothing. I have thought this same way for a long time. Writing is mostly not only selfish but at times downright evil. I once learned that the very first writing was a record of what someone owed someone else. So writing has its origins in keeping record of wrong-doing, the exact opposite, as we know, of love. So we should be careful. I should be careful when I write to be aware when it is my ego that is speaking and to silence it.
RL Martin 