A writer must say yes to life.

Have compassion for yourself when you write. There is no failure - just a big field to wander in.

That's very nice if they want to publish you, but don't pay too much attention to it. It will toss you away. Just continue to write.

Writing can teach us the dignity of speaking the truth.

A writer must say yes to life.

The difference between neurosis and wisdom is struggle.

I wonder if I don't give too much of myself to writing: I am always half where I am; the other half is feeding the furnace, kick-starting the heat of creativity. I am making love with someone but at the same time I'm noticing how this graceful hand across my belly might just fit in with the memory of lilacs in Albuquerque in 1974.