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

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.

[T]he one thing I want for you is to recognize when you are really singing in writing practice and honor that. Trust that. When you were screaming on the page. Maybe that doesn't make a whole book but that is the true seed.

Over and over, we have to go back to the beginning. We should not be ashamed of this. It is good. It's like drinking water.

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

In the West, a teacher imparts knowledge to a student. In the East, a teacher transmits nothing more or less than his or her Being.

If you love the work, it will love you back.