Clarity and perseverance are difficult in American society because the basis of capitalism is greed and dissatisfaction.

At the moment our rational mind stops, hits against a wall ... something else happens. And a bigger mind, like a pearl, rolls in a silver bowl.

The correctness and quality of what you write do not matter; the act of writing does.

Use original detail in your writing. Life is so rich, if you can write down the real details of the way things were and are, you hardly need anything else.

Writing is not a McDonald's Hamburger.

Every moment is enormous and it is all we have.

keep your hand moving