Our bodies are garbage heaps: we collect experience, and from the decomposition of the thrown-out eggshells, spinach leaves, coffee grinds, and old s….

I used to think freedom meant doing whatever you want. It means knowing who you are, what you are supposed to be doing on this earth, and then simply….

Whether we know it or not, we transmit the presence of everyone we have ever known, as though by being in each other's presence we exchange our cells….

We are each a concert reverberating with our whole lives and reflecting and amplifying the world around us..

When you are present, the world is truly alive..

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

Writers end up writing about their obsessions. Things that haunt them; things they can’t forget; stories they carry in their bodies waiting to be rel….

Writing can teach us the dignity of speaking the truth..

We must remember that everything is ordinary and extraordinary. It is our minds that either open or close..

Be tough in the way a blade of grass is: rooted, willing to lean, and at peace with what is around it..

If you are not afraid of the voices inside you, you will not fear the critics outside you..

This is your life. You are responsible for it. You will not live forever. Don't wait..

Life is not orderly. No matter how we try to make life so, right in the middle of it we die, lose a leg, fall in love, drop a jar of applesauce. In s….

Take out another notebook, pick up another pen, and just write, just write, just write. In the middle of the world, make one positive step. In the ce….

The muscles of writing are not so visible, but they are just as powerful: determination, attention, curiosity, a passionate heart..

Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency..

Writing practice brings us back to the uniqueness of our own minds and an acceptance of it. We all have wild dreams, fantasies, and ordinary thoughts….

We are important and our lives are important, magnificent really, and their details are worthy to be recorded..

In writing practice, there's no direction. You enter your own mind and follow it where it takes you. We have a great need to connect with our own mi….

Play around. Dive into absurdity and write. Take chances. You will succeed if you are fearless of failure..

Use loneliness. Its ache creates urgency to reconnect with the world. Take that aching and use it to propel you deeper into your need for expression ….