Writing is medicine. It is an appropriate antidote to injury. It is an appropriate companion for any difficult change.

For today, all you need is the grace to begin beginning.

Procrastination is not Laziness", I tell him. "It is fear. Call it by its right name, and forgive yourself.

Writing-and this is the big secret-wants to be written. Writing loves a writer the way God loves a true devotee. Writing will fill your heart if you let it. It will fill your pages and help to fill your life.

Workaholism is a block, not a building block.

Left to it's own devices, writing is like weather. It has a drama, a form, a force to it that shapes the day. Just as good rain clears the air, a good writing day clears the psyche. There is something very right about simply letting yourself write. And the way to do that is to begin, to begin where you are.

It is important to remember that at first blush, going sane feels just like going crazy.