The Difference Between Neurosis And Wisdom Is

If You Are Not Afraid Of The Voices Inside You, You Will Not Fear The Critics Outside You.

Oh, My Passion! That Is What Finally Carried Me Through. Let Passion Burn All The Way, Heating Up Every Layer Of The Psyche.

It’s Much Better To Be A Tribal Writer, Writing For All People And Reflecting Many Voices Through Us, Than To Be A Cloistered Being Trying To Find One Peanut Of Truth In Our Own Individual Mind. Become Big And Write With The Whole World In Your Arms.

This Is The Practice School Of Writing. Like Running, The More You Do It, The Better You Get At It. Some Days You Don't Want To Run And You Resist Every Step Of The Three Miles, But You Do It Anyway. You Practice Whether You Want To Or Not. You Don't Wait Around For Inspiration And A Deep Desire To Run ... That's How Writing Is Too ... One Of The Main Aims In Writing Practice Is To Learn To Trust Your Own Mind And Body; To Grow Patient And Nonaggressive.

I Think Talent Is Like A Water Table Under The Earth—you Tap It With Your Effort And It Comes Through You.