The only failure in writing is when you stop doing it. Then you fail yourself.

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.

You don't know what you're doing. You're just hoping that people won't make fun of you. I had no idea how it would turn out.

Writing practice brings us back to the uniqueness of our own minds and an acceptance of it. We all have wild dreams, fantasies, and ordinary thoughts. Let us to feel the texture of them and not be afraid of them.Writing is still the wildest thing I know.

Trust in what you love, continue to do it, and it will take you where you need to go.

Know that you will eventually have to leave everything behind; the writing will demand it of you.

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