Language achieves soul only when it's applied as a tool, used by those who imbue it with what they have read more

Language achieves soul only when it's applied as a tool, used by those who imbue it with what they have had the courage and honesty to perceive and feel.

The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.

The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.

Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement; then it becomes a read more

Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement; then it becomes a mistress, and then it becomes a master, and then a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster, and fling him out to the public.

Writing is a way of processing our lives. And it can be a way of healing.

Writing is a way of processing our lives. And it can be a way of healing.

Writing only leads to more writing.

Writing only leads to more writing.

We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started... read more

We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started... and know the place for the first time.

Don't get it right, just get it written

Don't get it right, just get it written

In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.

In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.