The correctness and quality of what you write do not matter; the act of writing does.

Shut up and write. Don't talk about writing, just physically do it.

Be tough in the way a blade of grass is: rooted, willing to lean, and at peace with what is around it.

Stress is basically a disconnection from the earth, a forgetting of the breath. Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. Nothing is that important. Just lie down.

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.

If you are not afraid of the voices inside you, you will not fear the critics outside you.

The things that make you a functional citizen in society - manners, discretion, cordiality - don't necessarily make you a good writer. Writing needs raw truth, wants your suffering and darkness on the table, revels in a cutting mind that takes no prisoners.