A writer must say yes to life.
The problem is we think we exist.
Creativity exists in the present moment. You can't find it anywhere else.
You live and then you die, I thought. It's good to have some good times.
Wait until you are hungry to say something, until there is an aching in you to speak.
Choose your tools carefully, but not so carefully that you get uptight or spend more time at the stationery store than at your writing table.