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

Over and over, we have to go back to the beginning. We should not be ashamed of this. It is good. It's like drinking water.

I had cancer for fourteen months and wrote a memoir about the experience.

Don't let yourself be thrown away....Continue on no matter what....Continue to make a positive effort for the good.

Poetry is a dumb Buddha who thinks a donkey is as important as a diamond.

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

The only failure in writing is when you stop doing it. Then you fail yourself.