Zen is the vehicle of reality.
One of the curious effects of a bad hangover is that you think you're wrong whether you are or not. Not wrong in particulars, but wrong in general, wrong about everything.
I've never felt influenced by Ernest Hemingway though I suppose there is something inevitable there.
Being a writer requires an intoxication with language.
New Yorkers are mostly interested in New York - in case you haven't noticed.
What cannot be said, will get wept.