Stress is basically a disconnection from the earth, a forgetting of the breath.

Writing is the crack through which you can crawl into a bigger world, into your wild mind.

I consider writing a legitimate Zen practice.

poems are small moments of enlightenment

There's an old adage in writing: 'Don't tell, but show.' Writing is not psychology. We do not talk 'about' feelings. Instead the writer feels and through her words awakens those feelings in the reader. The writer takes the reader's hand and guides him through the valley of sorrow and joy without ever having to mention those words.

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

Finally, one just has to shut up, sit down, and write.