Meaning is not what you start with, but what you end up with.

It's an unnecessary burden to try to think of words and also worry at the same time whether they're the right words.

Certainty is rarely if ever possible and we increase the likelihood of getting things wrong if we succumb to the hunger for it.

Producing writing is not so much like filling a basin or pool once, but rather getting water to keep flowing through till finally it runs clear.

Meaning is not what you start with, but what you end up with.

Everyone agrees in theory that we can't judge a new idea or point of view unless we enter into it and try it out, but the practice itself is rare.

The question for writing then is this: how long are you willing to be unheard?