language is magical - it's a form of conjuring. If you do it convincingly, readers will follow you.

Life is fleeting. Don't waste a single moment of your precious life. Wake up now! And now! And now!

Sometimes when she told stories about the past her eyes would get teary from all the memories she had, but they weren't tears. She wasn't crying. They were just the memories, leaking out.

The relationship between reader and writer is reciprocal in a way. We co-create each other. We are constantly emerging out of the relationship we have with others.

When Im writing a novel, which is what I like to write, I get up early, sit zazen, make a pot of green tea. I wear wrist cuffs to keep my wrists warm and minimize irritation from extended contact with the surface of my desk. I sit down and write.

With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.

There are many answers, none of them right, but some of them most definitely wrong.