As writers we need to crack open language.

At the moment our rational mind stops, hits against a wall ... something else happens. And a bigger mind, like a pearl, rolls in a silver bowl.

I still write with pen and paper and have someone type it on a computer. But rewriting I do by hand.

We walk through so many myths of each other and ourselves; we are so thankful when someone sees us for who we are and accepts us.

First thoughts have tremendous energy. The internal censor usually squelches them, so we live in the realm of second and third thoughts, thoughts on thought, twice and three times removed from the direct connection of the first fresh flash.

Write what disturbs you, what you fear, what you have not been willing to speak about. Be willing to be split open.

Learning to write is not a linear process. There is no logical A-to-B-to-C way to become a good writer. One neat truth about writing cannot answer it all. There are many truths. To do writing practice means to deal ultimately with your whole life.