I don't see writing as a communication of something already discovered, as "truths" already known. Rather, I see writing as a job of experiment. It's like any discovery job; you don't know what's going to happen until you try it.

Please think about this as you go on. Breathe on the world. Hold out your hands to it. When morning and evenings roll along, watch how they open and close, how they invite you to the long party that your life is.

An owl sound wandered along the road with me. I didn't hear it--I breathed it into my ears.

Once we have tasted far streams, touched the gold, found some limit beyond the waterfall, a season changes and we come back changed but safe, quiet, grateful.

There is no such thing as writer's block for writers whose standards are low enough.

You don't need many words if you already know what you're talking about

Literature is not a picture of life, but is a separate experience with its own kind of flow and enhancement.