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

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

Women need space and silence. We too quickly give away our energy. There's something about holding that richness.

Stress is basically a disconnection from the earth, a forgetting of the breath.

In writing with detail, you are turning to face the world. It is a deeply political act, because you are not staying in the heat of your own emotions. You are offering up some good solid bread for the hungry.

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.

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.