Why We Write

Mary recounts an interview and asks, How would you answer the question, "Why do you write?"

I am stumped. I have never thought about this, partly because I still stubbornly hold that even though I write, I am not a "Writer", and partly because I have written like this for so long (short-attention span writing, first in letters, then in emails, now in blog) that it is completely normal to me and has never even occurred to me to question why. I will ponder this, though, and write more about that.