Much of the activity we think of as writing is, actually, getting ready to write.
The best antidote I have found is to yearn for something. As long as you yearn, you can't congeal: There is a forward motion to yearning.
Hope does not necessarily have to take an object.
Dreams say what they mean, but they don't say it in daytime language.
Learning when 'enough is enough' is the discipline of a lifetime.
At times ... one is downright thankful for the self-absorption of other people.