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

Writing is not a McDonald's Hamburger.

One poem or story doesn't matter one way or the other. It's the process of writing and life that matters.

While I had cancer, I wrote these twenty-two personal essays about how I lived my life backed by Zen and writing.

This is the practice school of writing. Like running, the more you do it, the better you get at it.

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

In writing with detail, you are turning to face the world. It is a deeply political act, because you are not staying in the heat of your own emotions. You are offering up some good solid bread for the hungry.