Writers are doubters, compulsives, self-flagellants. The torture only stops for brief moments.
We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
writers do not choose their subjects; their subjects choose them.
The most important thing for a writer is to be locked in a study.
I've kept journals at many times in my life starting from when I was about 13 or 14. But it's boring and contrived to keep a journal every day. Better to write as the mood strikes.
If, every day, I dare to remember that I am here on loan, that this house, this hillside, these minutes are all leased to me, not given, I will never despair.