Life is not orderly. No matter how we try to make it so, right in the middle of it we die, lose a leg, fall in love, or drop a jar of applesauce.

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

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.

Oh, my passion! That is what finally carried me through. Let passion burn all the way, heating up every layer of the psyche.

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

We must remember that everything is ordinary and extraordinary. It is our minds that either open or close.

Handwriting is more connected to the movement of the heart.