And [now] I think I’ll probably write a lot about birds. My new house has a deck that wraps around my writing room; my writing room has many windows, and outside the windows I’ve hung bird feeders … for enticing different species. So I imagine I will be writing about that.

Take a small step in the direction of a dream and watch the synchronous doors flying open

Writing is a combination of being alert to your outer surroundings and alive to your inner reality.

Writing responds well to some gentle scheduling. A day job not only promotes solvency, it promotes creativity as well.

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

Judging your early artistic efforts is artist abuse. . . Remember that in order to recover as an artist, you must be willing to be a bad artist. Give yourself permission to be a beginner. By being willing to be a bad artist, you have a chance to be an artist, and perhaps, over time, a very good one

Creativity is the natural order of life. Life is energy: pure creative energy.