A responsibility of literature is to make people awake, present, alive. If the writer wanders, then the reader, too, will wander.

We should notice that we are already supported at every moment. There is the earth below our feet and there is the air, filling our lungs and emptying them. We should begin from this when we need support.

Katagiri Roshi says: "Poor artists. They suffer very much. They finish a masterpiece and they are not satisfied. They want to go on and do another." Yes, but it's better to go on and do another if you have the urge than to start drinking and become alcoholic or eat a pound of good fudge and get fat.

Really you don't need more information. If you've lived twenty years, you probably have enough material for the rest of your life

Writing can teach us the dignity of speaking the truth.

Nobody cares much whether you write or not. You just have to do it

Learning to write is not a linear process. There is no logical A-to-B-to-C way to become a good writer. One neat truth about writing cannot answer it all. There are many truths. To do writing practice means to deal ultimately with your whole life.