Stress is basically a disconnection from the earth, a forgetting of the breath. Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. Nothing is that important. Just lie down.

One poem or story doesn't matter one way or the other. It's the process of writing and life that matters.

If you read good books, when you write, good books will come out of you.

We shouldn't forget that the universe moves with us, is at our back with everything we do.

keep your hand moving

Know that you will eventually have to leave everything behind; the writing will demand it of you.

The deepest secret in our heart of hearts is that we are writing because we love the world.