If you read good books, when you write, good books will come out of you.

Clarity and perseverance are difficult in American society because the basis of capitalism is greed and dissatisfaction.

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

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

Take out another notebook, pick up another pen, and just write, just write, just write. In the middle of the world, make one positive step. In the center of chaos, make one definitive act. Just write. Say yes, stay alive, be awake. Just write. Just write. Just write.

Nobody cares much whether you write or not. You just have to do it

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.