That's very nice if they want to publish you, but don't pay too much attention to it. It will toss you away. Just continue to write.

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

It is odd that we never question the feasibility of a football team practicing long hours for one game; yet in writing we rarely give ourselves the space for practice.

Creativity exists in the present moment. You can't find it anywhere else.

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

Understand that writing is like an athletic activity. To play tennis well, you expect to keep practicing, but for some reason with writing, you think you should come out fresh the first time.

The odd thing is, that I wrote The Great Spring while I had cancer and it's not about cancer. It was after I was done with cancer that I wrote a book about it.