Your freedom as a writer is not freedom of expression in the sense of wild blurting; you may not let rip. It is life at its most free, if you are fortunate enough to be able to try it, because you select your materials, invent your task, and pace yourself.

Put yourself out of your misery.

A schedule is a mock-up of reason and order - willed, faked, and so brought into being.

Our life seems cursed to be a wiggle merely, and a wandering without end.

People who take photographs during their whole vacation won't remember their vacation. They'll only remember what photographs they took.

Whenever there is stillness there is the still small voice, God's speaking from the whirlwind, nature's old song, and dance.

The creatures I seek do not want to be seen.