Never underestimate people. They do desire the cut of truth.

Literature gives us the great gift of the present moment.

The muscles of writing are not so visible, but they are just as powerful: determination, attention, curiosity, a passionate heart.

In the middle of the world, make one positive step. In the center of chaos, make one definitive act. Just write.

I often wonder if all the writers who are alcoholics drink a lot because they aren't writing. It is not because they are writers that they are drinking, but because they are writers who are not writing.

We should notice that we are already supported at every moment. There is the earth below our feet and there is the air, filling our lungs and emptying them. We should begin from this when we need support.

Writers end up writing about their obsessions. Things that haunt them; things they can’t forget; stories they carry in their bodies waiting to be released.