Writing is like breathing, it's possible to learn to do it well, but the point is to do it no matter what.

The voice of our original self is often muffled, overwhelmed, even strangled, by the voices of other people’s expectations.

Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we do will ever be good enough - that we should try again.

Some people find it easier to picture the stream of inspiration as being like radio waves of all sorts being broadcast at all times. With practice, we learn to hear the desired frequency on request. We tune in to the frequency we want.

Any little bit of experimenting in self-nurturance is very frightening for most of us.

At it's essence, art is an alchemical process. Alchemy is a process of transformation.

when I talk about a writing life, I'm talking about a life in which writing is the dominant response to living.