This past week I took some time to answer 10 questions for a written interview. I haven’t done an interview in a loooong time and I was a little rusty but, I think I did OK.
I made sure to answer the questions as thoroughly and honestly as I could on the first time around and then set it aside for at least a day. I’ve made the mistake of being super excited about being interviewed and sending the answers off as soon as I was finished. Ugh. Grammatical errors, typos, making myself look like a jerk… All things I’m really good at.
These answers, on the other hand, may still make me out to be a jerk [in regards to some of the music/DJ questions] but I’m pretty proud of everything I said.
One of the questions was about what drives me. Here is my answer:
“What drives me? Shit, I don’t know. Masochism? There have been so many times that I’ve asked myself, “Why are you still doing this? Where are you going? Is this really what you want to do?” That sort of questioning usually leads to, “You suck! There are so many other people that are better than you! Why do you think you can do this! You’re not funny at all. I’m surprised you still have a shred of self-respect…” Obviously, questioning myself leads to dark places, so I try not to do it.
I have given up several times. Once it was for 4 years and that was the worst thing I could have done for my comics. I kick myself for it every day. I’m getting pretty good at kicking myself.
What really kicks my ass is the fact that I’m almost 40 and I feel my life hasn’t really gone anywhere. Yes, I’ve done a bunch of stuff, accomplished a few things here and there, but I should be well into my career by now. I should be a professional already! Before I started Overcast I looked at everything I had done and told myself that if I really wanted to get somewhere in life I had to pick something, ONE thing, and give it everything I had. I mean, that’s what successful people do right? [Besides the ones that aren’t just lucky, born into money, or are fountains of pure talent.] I saw that I received the most pleasure and was completely free to express myself by making comics. So that’s what I picked. Hopefully, that wasn’t a poor decision.
Now that I’m a year and a half into it I’m telling myself, “You have no idea what you’re doing!”
Oh well. I’ll just put my head down and keep pushing along.”
Source:
http://writheandshine.com/2013/02/07/driven/
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