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

Choose your tools carefully, but not so carefully that you get uptight or spend more time at the stationery store than at your writing table.

You don't know what you're doing. You're just hoping that people won't make fun of you. I had no idea how it would turn out.

Can we walk that thin line between constant change and continuation? And in the middle of this flux, feel gratitude but not hold on? Gratitude greases the joints to let us let go, and at the same time to stop and realize we received something. Gratitude is the most developed and mature of human emotions.

I honor English majors. It's a dumb thing to major in. It leads nowhere. It's good to be dumb, it allows us to love something for no reason. That's the best kind of love.

Have compassion for yourself when you write. There is no failure - just a big field to wander in.

It's okay to embark on writing because you think it will get you love. At least it gets you going, but it doesn't last. After a while you realize that no one cares that much. Then you find another reason: money. You can dream on that one while the bills pile up. Then you think: "Well, I'm the sensitive type. I have to express myself." Do me a favor. Don't be so sensitive. Be tough. It will get you further along when you get rejected. Finally, you just do it because you happen to like it.