keep your hand moving

Because I've been doing my practice for so long, I knew what to do even under really hard circumstances.

My goal is to write every day. I say it is my ideal. I am careful not to pass judgment or create anxiety if I do not do it. No one lives up to his ideal.

Life is not orderly. No matter how we try to make it so, right in the middle of it we die, lose a leg, fall in love, or drop a jar of applesauce.

I consider writing a legitimate Zen practice.

You don't need to go to a therapist, you don't need to do all kinds of things. If you want to write, you physically have to do it.

Understand that writing is like an athletic activity. To play tennis well, you expect to keep practicing, but for some reason with writing, you think you should come out fresh the first time.