Guess I don’t need that therapy, after all:

“Whether we start with a story or with a character, let’s face it — we writers of fiction are alike in one way. We’re a mighty strange breed. We view the world differently. We walk around with voices and shadowy figures in our heads. We tend to stare out windows, mumble to ourselves. The Normals can’t begin to understand us. Only our first cousins, the actors, can come close to matching our eccentricities. For we share the same goal: bringing characters to life.”

[Y'know, for a while I was kinda worried about myself and those strange, writerly tendencies. Thank you, Ms. Collins, you've quite possibly saved me thousands of dollars in counselling fees.]

The quote above is an excerpt is from Page 2 of:
Getting into Character: Seven Secrets a Novelist Can Learn from Actors
by Brandilyn Collins
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., NY
ISBN 0-471-05894-7