There was a sky somewhere above the tops of the buildings, with stars and a moon and all the things there are in a sky, but they were content to think of the distant street lights as planets and stars. If the lights prevented you from seeing the heavens, then preform a little magic and change reality to fit the need. The street lights were now planets and stars and moon.

I've always felt alienated. I realized that I've been terrified my entire life. So I can identify that fear which drives so many of the people that I write about.

As Lao Tzu says, "The Tao that can be named is not the true Tao".

I have rituals for cleaning out resentments, disappointments, heartbreak, depression and for work. One of the things I do is go over old stuff if I have been unable to write for a while.

Eventually we all have to accept full and total responsibility for our actions, everything we have done, and have not done.

Writing, like any art, is a continuing process of discovering the infinite possibilities of Life.

Be careful of things like alcohol and drugs.