Well, Anais Nin was a writer. Walt Whitman was a writer. I happen to write. I wish I were a writer. I hold writers to higher standards than most. I consider one person I know to be a writer, and he doesn't even claim to be, thus he is great. I agree that creative minds are bred from obsession of some sort. I write often, so I cannot say I don't immerse myself from time to time. However, to prolong obsession can be dangerous. But what of life without it? Atheist men are great fun, and usually pretty intelligent also. I would never date anyone who believed in a magical creator, ever. I cannot fall for someone who doesn't see the importance of science. We would have nothing in common.
“Whoever will be free must make himself free. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall into a man's lap. What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self.” - Max Stirner.