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'Sons of Anarchy' a growing experience for Sutter

By Ian Cullen Jul 3, 2010, 21:41 GMT

01/11/2010 - Katey Sagal and Kurt Sutter - Fox All-Star Party - Arrivals - Villa Sorisso - Pasadena, CA, USA © Chris Hatcher / PR Photos

Writer and producer Kurt Sutter recently admitted that work on his own show ‘Sons Of Anarchy’ has been a huge growing experience for him and has pushed him as a writer.

Talking candidly on his Blog the ‘Sons Of Anarchy’ creator admitted that he was a touch arrogant and up himself when he wrote and worked on ‘The Shield.’ A show he often refers back to as somewhat of a proving ground for his talents.

"I was a motherf**ker," he wrote. "Unfortunately, I didn't know it at the time... I loved the world, loved the characters and I took a deep sense of ownership in that show. I gave it 125% and f**king hated it when other people treated it like it was just a job (which of course, it was)."

"Thank God I wasn't running that show. It would have sucked."

Sutter went onto add that thus far ‘Sons Of Anarchy’ has been a life changing experience for him, and he is a different person now to who he was when he worked on ‘The Shield.’

"I am challenged every day to rise above my self-destructive defaults," he said. "[The] last three years has been a series of professional and personal life lessons. I've grown a lot as a writer/producer and as a man. I'm not the same person I was five or even two years ago. I'm growing up, but clearly I've got a f**kload of growing left to do."

When it comes to third season spoilers. Sutter knows his audience, and only drops just enough to get them excited.

"The season picks up a few days after the season two finale and the episode is about Jax's emotional journey through the devastation of losing a child."

The third season of 'Sons of Anarchy' will premiere in September on FX.

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Monsters and Critics' contributing writer Ian Cullen is a former actor and community artist, and a lifetime fan of Science Fiction and television. He runs www.scifipulse.net  - a site, which follows the trends of science fiction television and movies.  He lives in Manchester, England.