That's the interesting thing about writing. You can start late, you can be ignorant of things, and yet, if you work hard and pay attention you can do a good job of it.

I would recommend, definitely, developing a 'day job' that you like - don't expect to make money writing!

To observe the world carefully, to write a lot and often, on a schedule if necessary, to use the dictionary a lot, to look up word origins, to analyze closely the work of writers you admire, to read not only contemporaries but writers of the past, to learn at least one foreign language, to live an interesting life outside of writing.

If you think of something, do it. Plenty of people often think, “I’d like to do this, or that.

My stories are sometimes closer to poems or meditations, but often there is at least a little narrative in them.

There seemed to be three choices: to give up trying to love anyone, to stop being selfish, or to learn to love a person while continuing to be selfish.

Do what you want to do, and don't worry if it's a little odd or doesn't fit the market.