It is odd that we never question the feasibility of a football team practicing long hours for one game; yet in writing we rarely give ourselves the space for practice.

Every moment is enormous and it is all we have.

The deepest secret in our heart of hearts is that we are writing because we love the world.

You don't need to go to a therapist, you don't need to do all kinds of things. If you want to write, you physically have to do it.

So even though I couldn't bear writing about cancer, I faced it every day.

In the end, you have to just sit down, shut up, and write.

This is the practice school of writing. Like running, the more you do it, the better you get at it.