When we write we begin to taste the texture of our own mind

I'm never ashamed to read a book twice or as many times as I want. We never expect to drink a glass of water just once in our lives. A book can be that essential, too.

Write what disturbs you, what you fear, what you have not been willing to speak about. Be willing to be split open.

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

We are searching for the core of our lives; our culture intuits that writing, that ancient activity, might be the pathway...Awakening does not feed ego's needs and desires; it pulverizes the self. Our society couldn't knowingly bear such reduction, so we've tricked ourselves into the same path but call it writing.

Women need space and silence. We too quickly give away our energy. There's something about holding that richness.

Trust in what you love, continue to do it, and it will take you where you need to go.