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

It is very important to go home if you want your work to be whole. You don't have to move in with your parents again and collect a weekly allowance, but you must claim where you come from and look deep into it. Come to honor and embrace it, or at the least, accept it.

I feel very rich when I have time to write and very poor when I get a regular paycheck and no time at my real work.

Trust in what you love, continue to do it, and it will take you where you need to go. And don't worry too much about security. You will eventually have a deep security when you begin to do what you want.

There is no security, no assurance that because we wrote something good two months ago, we will do it again. Actually, every time we begin, we wonder how we ever did it before.

I consider writing a legitimate Zen practice.

This is your life. You are responsible for it. You will not live forever. Don't wait.