“ Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly -- they'll go through anything. You read and you're pierced. ”
Source: Brave New World
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You should write because you love the shape of stories and sentences and the creation of different words on a page. Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write. 
Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There are no exceptions to this rule. 
If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that. 
Write about what really interests you, whether it is real things or imaginary things, and nothing else.