In a way, the cancer became an ally because it stopped me from running around so much. I was able to settle down and write things I hadn't had a chance to before.

One poem or story doesn't matter one way or the other. It's the process of writing and life that matters.

When we write we begin to taste the texture of our own mind

I'm never ashamed to read a book twice or as many times as I want. We never expect to drink a glass of water just once in our lives. A book can be that essential, too.

keep your hand moving

Really you don't need more information. If you've lived twenty years, you probably have enough material for the rest of your life

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