I have a feeling that art is something you do for yourself, and that any time you turn your decisions over to someone else you're postponing at best, your own development. The atmosphere of the workshop should be that of trying out one's own work and accepting the signals from others but not accepting the dictation of others because that is a violation of the spirit of art. Art can't be done by somebody else, it has got to be done by the artist.

Language can do what it can’t say.

There are so many things admirable people do not understand.

You shouldn't have standards that inhibit you from writing It really doesn't make any difference if you are good or bad today. The assessment of the product is something that happens after you've done it.

Wisdom is having things right in your life and knowing why.

There is no such thing as writer's block for writers whose standards are low enough.

You can treat experience as a set of surprises on which to exercise your quirky self.