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

So writing is not just writing. It is also having a relationship with other writers. And don't be jealous, especially secretly. That's the worst kind. If someone writes something great, it's just more clarity in the world for all of us.

keep your hand moving

A writer must say yes to life.

Literature gives us the great gift of the present moment.

In writing practice, there's no direction. You enter your own mind and follow it where it takes you. We have a great need to connect with our own mind and our own true self. And all of us have a story to tell.

Use original detail in your writing. Life is so rich, if you can write down the real details of the way things were and are, you hardly need anything else.