Nobody cares much whether you write or not. You just have to do it

Handwriting is more connected to the movement of the heart.

Writing is the act of discovery.

Really you don't need more information. If you've lived twenty years, you probably have enough material for the rest of your life

I wonder if I don't give too much of myself to writing: I am always half where I am; the other half is feeding the furnace, kick-starting the heat of creativity. I am making love with someone but at the same time I'm noticing how this graceful hand across my belly might just fit in with the memory of lilacs in Albuquerque in 1974.

Be awake to the details around you, but don't be self-conscious.

Wherein we discover that many of the "rules" for good writing and good sex are the same: Keep your hand moving, lose control, and don't think.