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

You'll lose your reader if you are vague, not clear, and not present. We love details, personal connections, stories.

When you are not writing, you are a writer too. It doesn't leave you.

Actually, every time we begin, we wonder how we did it before, Each time is a new journey with no maps.

Indefinite plans get dubious results.

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.

Literature gives us the great gift of the present moment.