Just because you're perfectionist doesn't mean you're perfect.
Early on, if I was alone two three nights in a row, I'd start writing poems about suicide.
If you're going to write, write one poem all your life, let nobody read it, and then burn it. This is very young thinking, I confess, but it is the seminal part of my life.
I love writing, but I stopped because I felt I was more effective approaching filmmaking from a different vantage point.