I read Eve Ensler and thought it was fabulous. Not only that, but it was really the only thing I could relate to about cancer.

Original details are very ordinary, except to the mind that sees extraordinariness. it's not that we need to go to the Hopi mesas to see greatness; we need to view what we already have in a different way.

What writing practice, like Zen practice does is bring you back to the natural state of mind...The mind is raw, full of energy, alive and hungry. It does not think in the way we were brought up to think-well-mann ered, congenial.

Handwriting is more connected to the movement of the heart.

So writing is not just writing. It is also having a relationship with other writers. And don't be jealous, especially secretly. That's the worst kind. If someone writes something great, it's just more clarity in the world for all of us.

Shut up and write anyway. Don't use anything as an excuse.

Trust in what you love, continue to do it, and it will take you where you need to go.