You can only chase a butterfly for so long.

We all have such stories. It is a brutal arithmetic. But I - I am alive. You are alive. As long as we breathe, we can see and hear. As long as we can remember, all those gone before are alive inside us.

How often is the passing of one storm only a prelude to another.

Get up from your desk and wander outside occasionally. To be a good writer one needs to be a good observer, and there isn't a lot to be observed at desk level.

Take a step, breathe in the world, give it out again in story, poem, song, art.

You know how it is: as soon as you decide to forget something, your brain comes to the conclusion that it's the most fascinating thing in the world.

Language helps develp life as surely as it reflects life. It is a most important part of our human condition.